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Erratum to “Abstracts from the 2003 Meeting of the British Trauma Society” [Injury Extra 34 (11–12) 1–86]
Injury Extra (2004) 35, 22
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Erratum to ‘‘Abstracts from the 2003 Meeting of the British Trauma Society’’ $ [Injury Extra 34 (11—12) 1—86] In the above, the abstract ‘‘Clavicular length measurement following trauma’’ was published without the list of authors. The corrected abstract appears in full below:Clavicular length measurement following trauma R. Bhattacharya*, S. Lazarides, P. Finn, R. Campbell, A. Rangan Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK E-mail address: [email protected]. Purpose of the study: To identify a simple and reproducible method of measuring clavicular shortening following trauma. Introduction: Clavicular fractures following trauma, account for about 5% of all fractures and about 45% of all shoulder girdle injuries. Loss of clavicular length following fracture (clavicular shortening) has recently been recognised to affect functional outcomes. A recently published report has recommended the use of bilateral clavicular Xrays to measure clavicular lengths. We describe a simple, and reproducible method of measuring clavicular length that can be used for assessing clavicular shortening following trauma.
Method: Five different postero-anterior chest Xrays for each of 30 different patients (a total of 150 chest X-rays) were checked by an observer in the first instance to measure the clavicular lengths bilaterally. Only X-rays showing full clavicle on both sides were used. After a gap of 6 weeks, these X-rays were read again by the same observer and then subsequently by another observer independently. Bilateral clavicular lengths along with the interpedicular distance and the spino-pedicular distance of T3/T4 vertebrae were measured on each occasion to ascertain the rotation of the film as well as clavicular lengths. Results: Analysis of the results showed that neither the intra- nor the inter-observer variations in any of the measurements were statistically significant (P > 0:1 in both cases). If the chest X-ray was not rotated, as estimated from the inter- and spino-pedicular distances, then the clavicular length measurements were reproducible in the same patient in different chest X-rays. Conclusions: We have identified a reliable and reproducible method of measuring clavicular lengths using a simple and commonly used technique. We recommend the PA chest X-ray in measuring clavicular shortening following trauma.
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doi of original article: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.10.005.
1572–3461/$ — see front matter ß 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2003.12.004
ERRATUM
Erratum to ‘‘Abstracts from the 2003 Meeting of the British Trauma Society’’ $ [Injury Extra 34 (11—12) 1—86] In the above, the abstract ‘‘Clavicular length measurement following trauma’’ was published without the list of authors. The corrected abstract appears in full below:Clavicular length measurement following trauma R. Bhattacharya*, S. Lazarides, P. Finn, R. Campbell, A. Rangan Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK E-mail address: [email protected]. Purpose of the study: To identify a simple and reproducible method of measuring clavicular shortening following trauma. Introduction: Clavicular fractures following trauma, account for about 5% of all fractures and about 45% of all shoulder girdle injuries. Loss of clavicular length following fracture (clavicular shortening) has recently been recognised to affect functional outcomes. A recently published report has recommended the use of bilateral clavicular Xrays to measure clavicular lengths. We describe a simple, and reproducible method of measuring clavicular length that can be used for assessing clavicular shortening following trauma.
Method: Five different postero-anterior chest Xrays for each of 30 different patients (a total of 150 chest X-rays) were checked by an observer in the first instance to measure the clavicular lengths bilaterally. Only X-rays showing full clavicle on both sides were used. After a gap of 6 weeks, these X-rays were read again by the same observer and then subsequently by another observer independently. Bilateral clavicular lengths along with the interpedicular distance and the spino-pedicular distance of T3/T4 vertebrae were measured on each occasion to ascertain the rotation of the film as well as clavicular lengths. Results: Analysis of the results showed that neither the intra- nor the inter-observer variations in any of the measurements were statistically significant (P > 0:1 in both cases). If the chest X-ray was not rotated, as estimated from the inter- and spino-pedicular distances, then the clavicular length measurements were reproducible in the same patient in different chest X-rays. Conclusions: We have identified a reliable and reproducible method of measuring clavicular lengths using a simple and commonly used technique. We recommend the PA chest X-ray in measuring clavicular shortening following trauma.
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doi of original article: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.10.005.
1572–3461/$ — see front matter ß 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2003.12.004