TY - JOUR T1 - Enhanced Healing of Sacral and Pubic Insufficiency Fractures by Teriparatide JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1306 LP - 1307 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.111458 VL - 39 IS - 6 AU - CHIA-CHIEH WU AU - JAMES CHENG-CHUNG WEI AU - CHEN-PU HSIEH AU - CHEN-TUNG YU Y1 - 2012/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/39/6/1306.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We describe healing of enhanced insufficiency fracture of combined pubic rami and sacrum by daily teriparatide (1–34 PTH) injection.A 73-year-old woman was admitted because of acute low back and groin pain. She denied any trauma history. Plain radiographs revealed fracture of the left superior ramus (Figure 1A). Because of the disproportionate pain … Address correspondence to Dr. C-T. Yu, Section of Bone Disease, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nan-shiao Street, Changhua City 500, Taiwan. E-mail: ortho.yu{at}msa.hinet.net ER -