Diagnostic accuracy of plain radiographs and cineradiography in diagnosing traumatic scapholunate dissociation

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Pliefke, Jenny ^a   Stengel, Dirk ^b,c   Rademacher, Grit ^a   Mutze, Sven ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^b,c   Eisenschenk, Andreas ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b Center for Clinical Research   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Cineradiography; Scapholunate dissociation; Scapholunate ligament; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOLUNATE LIGAMENT DISSOCIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIANCE; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTHROSCOPY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUNATE BONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 37549015270     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0410-7     Document Type: Article

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