Does the CT improve inter-and intra-observer agreement for the AO, Fernandez and Universal classification systems for distal radius fractures?

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1579-1584

  Arealis, Georgios ^a   Galanopoulos, Ilias ^c   Nikolaou, Vassilios S ^b   Lacon, Andrew ^a   Ashwood, Neil ^a   Kitsis, Christos ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c 401 Military Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

AO; Classification systems; CT scan; Distal radius fractures; Fernandez; Inter observer agreement; Intra observer agreement; Universal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; INJURY SCALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84922503504     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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