Clinical value of radiologists' interpretations of perioperative radiographs of orthopedic patients

Orthopedics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1003-1007

  Clark, Ron ^a,b   Anderson, Michael B ^b   Johnson, Blaine H ^b   Moore, David E ^b   Herbert, F David ^a  

^a S Utah Center for Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029731448     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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