Validation of Relative Motion Measurement Method of Lateral Compression Pelvic Fractures During Examination Under Anesthesia

Objectives: To determine if the relative distance between the acetabular teardrops on unstressed and lateral compressive stress examination under anesthesia (EUA) pelvic fluoroscopic images is reproducible between independent reviewers. Design: Retrospective database review. Setting: Level 1 trauma center. Patients/Intervention: Fifty-eight patients with a lateral compression type 1 pelvic ring injury who underwent EUA. Main Outcome Measure: Validation of EUA objective measurements between blinded, independent reviewers using interclass and intraclass correlation coefficients. Results: There was excellent interobserver and intraobserver reliability between all reviewers. Values for each intraclass correlation coefficients (including 95% confidence intervals) were between 0.96 (0.95–0.098) and 0.99 (0.99–0.99) for all measurements. P values were
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Original Article Source Type: research