Accuracy and reliability of the AO/OTA classification for tibial shaft fractures
Rasmus Stokholm, Peter Larsen, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Marie Arildsen, Christian Grundtvig Rasmussen, Rasmus Elsoe · 2024
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Description
Rasmus Stokholm and co-authors test how well doctors agree when they sort shin bone shaft breaks by a standard code. The AO/OTA system grades tibial shaft fractures for care and research. Yet its accuracy had barely been checked. Their 2024 study gathers X-rays from 101 adults with such breaks. Two junior doctors and two senior trauma doctors coded each break twice, blind and in random order.
A senior panel set the gold standard code for each case. The most common type made up just over half the set. The four raters matched the panel in about three-quarters to six-sevenths of cases. Agreement scores landed in the moderate to substantial band. Self-agreement across rounds beat agreement between doctors.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rasmus Stokholm, Peter Larsen, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Marie Arildsen, Christian Grundtvig Rasmussen, Rasmus Elsoe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |