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Reliability of RUST and modified RUST scores for evaluation of union in pediatric and adult femoral shaft fractures
Author(s) -
Abdülhamit Mısır,
Kadir İlker Yıldız,
Turan Bilge Kızkapan,
Erdal Uzun,
Mustafa Özçamdallı,
Sinan Oğuzkaya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.5152/j.aott.2021.20074
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral shaft , reliability (semiconductor) , rust (programming language) , radiography , orthodontics , surgery , femur , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
This study aimed to determine the reliability levels of the radiographic union scale for tibial fractures (RUST) and the modified version of the system, mRUST, for femoral shaft fractures in pediatric and adult patients and to evaluate the value of the scores for total and each cortex in the decision making on fracture union.

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