Interobserver and intraobserver variations in tibial pilon fracture classification systems

Foot

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Ramappa, Manjunath ^a   Bajwa, Ali ^a   Singh, Anjani ^a   Mackenney, Paul ^a   Hui, Anthony ^a   Port, Andrew ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture classification; Interobserver agreement; Intraobserver agreement; Pilon fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL PILON FRACTURE;

ANKLE INJURIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77955324359     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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