Poor Reproducibility of Evans' Classification of the Trochanteric Fracture: Assessment of 4 Observers in 52 Cases
The radiographs of trochanteric fractures in 52 consecutive patients were assessed by 4 observers, using the Evans' classification. The interobserver variation was large; only 23 of 52 radiographs were classified identically by all 4 observers. When only assessing stability, the 4 observers agr...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Acta orthopaedica 1993, Vol.64 (1), p.71-72 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The radiographs of trochanteric fractures in 52 consecutive patients were assessed by 4 observers, using the Evans' classification. The interobserver variation was large; only 23 of 52 radiographs were classified identically by all 4 observers. When only assessing stability, the 4 observers agreed in 34 of 52 radiographs. To assess the intraobserver variation, the same observers classified the same radiographs 6 weeks later. The first and second classifications were identical in 35-44 of 52 radiographs. |
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ISSN: | 1745-3674 0001-6470 1745-3682 |
DOI: | 10.3109/17453679308994533 |