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Reliability of bone scintigraphy for suspected scaphoid fractures.
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Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 2007 Nov; Vol. 32 (11), pp. 835-8. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Purpose: To examine the observer variation for bone scintigraphy in the detection of occult scaphoid fractures in daily practice, using only the early bone scanning images.<br />Methods: One hundred bone scans of patients with a suspected scaphoid fracture but negative initial radiographs were prospectively included to calculate the inter- and intraobserver variation. Three nuclear medicine physicians independently evaluated all bone scans at 2 different points in time with a 3-month interval. The observers filled out a blinded scoring sheet for each patient. They scored if a scaphoid fracture was present or not. In addition, they scored the presence or absence of another fracture. The inter- and intraobserver variation was analyzed using the kappa statistic.<br />Results: The interobserver variation showed substantial agreement for a scaphoid fracture and almost perfect agreement for another fracture. The intraobserver variation showed almost perfect agreement for both a scaphoid fracture and another fracture.<br />Conclusions: In the present study, early static images of bone scintigraphy for suspected scaphoid fractures showed very little inter- and intraobserver variation. In addition, expertise does not seem to have a negative influence on the results. This enhances the possibility of using bone scintigraphy in daily practice.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Fractures, Bone epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands epidemiology
Observer Variation
Radionuclide Imaging
Radius Fractures diagnostic imaging
Radius Fractures epidemiology
Reproducibility of Results
Fractures, Bone diagnostic imaging
Scaphoid Bone diagnostic imaging
Scaphoid Bone injuries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0363-9762
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical nuclear medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18075414
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0b013e318156bb91