Letournel classification for acetabular fractures: Assessment of interobserver and intraobserver reliability

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1704-1709

  Beaulé, Paul E ^a   Dorey, Frederick J ^a   Matta, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGEON;

EID: 0141786902     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200309000-00008     Document Type: Article

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