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Reliability in the diagnosis of femoroacetabular impingement and dysplasia among hip surgeons: role of surgeon volume and experience

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To evaluate the degree of inter-rater agreement in identifying important radiographic features of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and hip dysplasia. In addition, the effect of supplementary investigations (CT and/or MRI) and clinical experience of the observer was determined.METHODS:During the British Hip Society meeting 2013 participants were asked to remark on various radiological parameters of FAI and dysplasia, make a diagnosis, and recommended treatment. Free-Marginal Multirater Kappa analysis was performed to determine multi-rater agreement.RESULTS:The 'crossover sign', 'ischial spine sign' and 'lateral centre-edge angle' were found to have the highest inter-rater agreement. For the whole group only fair agreement was seen for the diagnosis of type of FAI (κ = 0.3) and dysplasia (κ = 0.3) after plain radiographs with supplementary investigations being only marginally helpful in improving the diagnosis of type of FAI (κ = 0.4). In contrast, high-volume hip preservation surgeons had a substantial improvement in diagnosis after supplementary investigations (type of FAI κ = 0.75, and dysplasia (κ = 0.65).CONCLUSIONS:Our study shows that agreement on diagnosis and treatment on the basis of plain radiographs is low amongst general hip surgeons. This improved with surgeon volume and experience, suggesting that protocols for diagnosis of these conditions need to be altered as assessment appears to be rather subjective.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Malviya A, Raza A, Witt JD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Hip International

Year: 2016

Volume: 26

Issue: 3

Pages: 284-9

Print publication date: 16/05/2016

Online publication date: 30/03/2016

Acceptance date: 03/12/2015

ISSN (print): 1120-7000

ISSN (electronic): 1724-6067

Publisher: Wichtig Publishing

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5301/hipint.5000349

DOI: 10.5301/hipint.5000349

PubMed id: 27034101


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