Inter- and Intraobserver Reliability of Computed Tomography in Assessment of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2527-2530

  Rao, Ganesh ^a   Brodke, Darrel S ^a   Rondina, Matthew ^a   Bacchus, Kent ^a   Dailey, Andrew T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Interobserver agreement; Intraobserver agreement; Reliability; Stainless steel screws; Thoracic pedicle screw; Titanium screws

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; STEEL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345357712     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000092341.56793.F1     Document Type: Article

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