Study on accuracy and interobserver reliability of the assessment of odontoid fracture union using plain radiographs or CT scans

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1659-1668

  Koller, Heiko ^a   Kolb, Klaus ^b   Zenner, Juliane ^c   Reynolds, Jeremy ^d   Dvorak, Marcel ^d   Acosta, Frank ^e   Forstner, Rosemarie ^a   Mayer, Michael ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a   Auffarth, Alexander ^a   Kathrein, Anton ^f   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Katharinenhospital ^*  (Germany)

^c Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f District Hospital Zams   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fusion; Interobserver reliability; Non union; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450270622     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1134-2     Document Type: Article

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