Journal article
A Lack of Consensus in the Assessment of Fracture Healing Among Orthopaedic Surgeons
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The assessment of fracture healing is both a clinically relevant and frequently used outcome measure following lower extremity trauma. However, it remains uncertain whether there is a consensus in the assessment of fracture healing among orthopaedic surgeons. Variability in the assessment of healing may have important implications in surgeons' decisions to intervene when they perceive fracture healing is slow to progress.
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Authors
Bhandari M; Guyatt GH; Swiontkowski MF; Tornetta P; Sprague S; Schemitsch EH
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 562–566
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2002
DOI
10.1097/00005131-200209000-00004
ISSN
0890-5339