Impact of specialty and level of training on CT measurement of femoral version: an interobserver agreement analysis.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To determine the interobserver agreement on femoral version measurements between an orthopedic attending, orthopedic senior and junior residents, and an attending radiologist.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Postoperative computed tomography (CT) scanograms of 267 patients who underwent femoral intramedullary (IM) nailing with corresponding radiology attending reads for femoral version were collected and de-identified. Femoral version measurements performed by a trauma fellowship-trained attending orthopedic surgeon (ORTHO), a senior orthopedic resident (PGY4), a junior orthopedic resident (PGY1), and a musculoskeletal fellowship-trained attending radiologist (RADS) were compared via Pearson's interclass correlation coefficient to assess interobserver level of agreement.
RESULTS: Version measurements provided by the two attending physicians exhibited the highest level of agreement (r = 0.661, p < 0.01). The orthopedic attending and the senior resident had the next highest level of agreement (r = 0.543, p < 0.01). The first-year orthopedic resident had the weakest agreement across the board: with the orthopedic attending, the radiology attending, and the senior resident.
CONCLUSION: Regardless of specialty, experience and higher levels of training produce stronger agreement when measuring femoral version. Residents in training, especially those who are junior, produce weak agreement when compared to their senior colleagues.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study.
Volume
14
Issue
4
First Page
277
Last Page
281
ISSN
1590-9999
Published In/Presented At
Yoon, R. S., Koerner, J. D., Patel, N. M., Sirkin, M. S., Reilly, M. C., & Liporace, F. A. (2013). Impact of specialty and level of training on CT measurement of femoral version: an interobserver agreement analysis. Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 14(4), 277–281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10195-013-0263-x
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
23989857
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article