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Not the Last Word: My Perfectly Reliable, and Perfectly Worthless, Fracture Classification System

Not the Last Word: My Perfectly Reliable, and Perfectly Worthless, Fracture Classification System Clin Orthop Relat Res (2022) 480:1259-1262 DOI 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002260 Published online: 24 May 2022 Not the Last Word Copyright © 2022 by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Not the Last Word: My Perfectly Reliable, and Perfectly Worthless, Fracture Classification System Joseph Bernstein MD ne sure path to glory in or- Despite the praise given to inven- treatment requirements, prognosis, or thopaedics is to invent a popu- tors of popular fracture classification other distinct, defining features. Olar fracture classification system. systems, criticism comes too, espe- Consider the ancient physician Some surgeons, otherwise lost to history, cially regarding the lack of reliability. contemplating a set of patients with are remembered only for their epony- In one highly cited report, Sidor et al. excessive urination. He named this mous classifications. Others among the [7] evaluated the reliability of the Neer condition “diabetes,” using the Greek true greats—Charles Neer and Joseph classification of proximal humeral word for “siphon” in homage to the Schatzker come to mind—are known to fractures. They found that experts dis- presenting complaint. He soon noticed younger surgeons less for their pro- agreed with each other so often—and that some of the patients produced digious achievements but more as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research (CORR) Wolters Kluwer Health

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Wolters Kluwer Health
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© 2022 by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons
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Clin Orthop Relat Res (2022) 480:1259-1262 DOI 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002260 Published online: 24 May 2022 Not the Last Word Copyright © 2022 by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Not the Last Word: My Perfectly Reliable, and Perfectly Worthless, Fracture Classification System Joseph Bernstein MD ne sure path to glory in or- Despite the praise given to inven- treatment requirements, prognosis, or thopaedics is to invent a popu- tors of popular fracture classification other distinct, defining features. Olar fracture classification system. systems, criticism comes too, espe- Consider the ancient physician Some surgeons, otherwise lost to history, cially regarding the lack of reliability. contemplating a set of patients with are remembered only for their epony- In one highly cited report, Sidor et al. excessive urination. He named this mous classifications. Others among the [7] evaluated the reliability of the Neer condition “diabetes,” using the Greek true greats—Charles Neer and Joseph classification of proximal humeral word for “siphon” in homage to the Schatzker come to mind—are known to fractures. They found that experts dis- presenting complaint. He soon noticed younger surgeons less for their pro- agreed with each other so often—and that some of the patients produced digious achievements but more as

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Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research (CORR)Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jul 24, 2022

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