Reliability and agreement between fine-cut CT scans and plain radiography in the evaluation of posterolateral fusions

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Carreon, Leah Y ^a   Glassman, Steven D ^a,b   Djurasovic, Mladen ^a,b  

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Interobserver variability; Kappa coefficient; Radiographs; Reliability; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSSEOINTEGRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845779790     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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