Interpreting preoperative radiographs in displaced femoral neck fractures: Observer variability in evaluating signs of poor outcome

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-189

  Tötterman, Anna ^a   Walloe A ^a   Nordsletten, L ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Femoral neck; Fracture; Prognostication; Reliability; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGEON; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33947667427     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0276-5     Document Type: Article

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