Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of fine-cut CT scans with reconstructions to determine the status of an instrumented posterolateral fusion with surgical exploration as reference standard

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 892-895

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

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic accuracy; Likelihood ratio; Posterolateral fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FINE CUT COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; STANDARD; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247183162     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259808.47104.dd     Document Type: Article

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