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01-02-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor concerning “Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons” by J. Cheng et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4842-4)

Author: Siamak Sabour

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 2/2017

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I was interested to read the paper by J. Cheng and colleagues published online November 2, 2016 in the Eur Spine J [1]. The purpose of the authors was to analyze the interobserver reliability and intraobserver reproducibility of the new AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system in young Chinese orthopedic surgeons with different levels of experience in spinal trauma [1]. They used kappa coefficient and reported moderate reproducibility for all injury types. The raters in Group A provided significantly better interobserver reliability than Group B (P < 0.05) [1]. …

Cheng J, Liu P, Sun D, Qin T, Ma Z, Liu J (2016) Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons. Eur Spine J. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4842-4

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Title: Letter to the Editor concerning “Reliability and reproducibility analysis of the AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system by Chinese spinal surgeons” by J. Cheng et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4842-4)
Author: Siamak Sabour
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4901-x

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