title: Lauge-Hansen classification of malleolar fractures. An assessment of the reproducibility in 118 cases.
abstract: The radiographs of malleolar fractures in 118 consecutive patients were assessed by 4 observers using the Lauge-Hansen classification. The interobserver variation was large; only 51 of the 118 radiographs were classified identically by all 4 observers. With the purpose of assessing intraobserver variation, the same observers classified the same radiographs 6 weeks later. The first and the second classification were identical in 75-97 of 118 radiographs (64-82 percent). These results show that the Lauge-Hansen system is difficult to apply in a reproducible way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dons-Jensen
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D011859:Radiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*