Two and three-dimensional computed tomography for the classification and management of distal humeral fractures: Evaluation of reliability and diagnostic accuracy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1795-1801

  Doornberg, Job ^a   Lindenhovius, Anneluuk ^a   Kloen, Peter ^b   Van Dijk, C Niek ^b   Zurakowski, David ^c   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AO ASIF COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFICATION OF FRACTURES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MEHNE AND MATTA CLASSIFICATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33746927194     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00944     Document Type: Article

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