Journal article
The Radiographic Union Scale in Tibial Fractures: Reliability and Validity
Abstract
Radiographic assessment of tibial fracture healing continues to pose significant challenges to both routine fracture care and clinical research. Orthopaedic surgeons fail to achieve sufficient agreement on fracture healing when using conventional radiographic measures such as their general impression or the number of cortices bridged by callus. Moreover, the extent to which radiographic assessment of healing corresponds to patient-important …
Authors
Kooistra BW; Dijkman BG; Busse JW; Sprague S; Schemitsch EH; Bhandari M
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 24, No. Supplement 1, pp. s81–s86
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1097/bot.0b013e3181ca3fd1
ISSN
0890-5339