Idiopathic scoliosis: The clinical value of radiologists' interpretation of pre- and postoperative radiographs with interobserver and interdisciplinary variability

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2007-2010

  Crockett, Heber C ^a,b   Wright, John M ^a   Burke, Stephen ^a   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic; Radiology; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033214373     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910010-00008     Document Type: Article

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