Measuring up: Ensuring Intra- and Interobserver Reliability in Stretched Penile Length with the SPLINT Technique
Prabudh Goel, Prativa Choudhury, Vivek Verma, Shivani Phugat, Mani Kalaivani, Teg Rabab Singh, Kanika Sharma, Vishesh Jain, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Sandeep Agarwala · 2024
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Prabudh Goel and co-authors check how reliably clinicians can measure stretched penile length in boys, a number that guides real treatment calls. Small measuring errors can mislabel a child's development and cause harm. Their SPLINT technique standardizes the stretch and the reading, but its consistency needed proof.
Two expert and two trainee surgeons, after a three-tier training module, measured four hundred forty-nine boys from infancy to age fourteen. The study compares each measurer against themselves and against each other, across age groups. Knowing the spread of readings tells clinics how much trust a single measurement deserves, and whether trainees match experts.
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| CREATOR | Prabudh Goel, Prativa Choudhury, Vivek Verma, Shivani Phugat, Mani Kalaivani, Teg Rabab Singh, Kanika Sharma, Vishesh Jain, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Sandeep Agarwala |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |