Improving reliability in the classification of fractures of the acetabulum

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 228-233

  Petrisor, Brad A ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,c   Orr, R Douglas ^a   Mandel, Scott ^a   Kwok, Desmond C ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Initial assessment; Letournel classification; Oblique (Judet) view

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037899045     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0507-y     Document Type: Article

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