A Comparison of 2 Abbreviated Methods for Assessing Adolescent Bone Age: The Shorthand Bone Age Method and the SickKids/Columbia Method.
Journal
Journal of pediatric orthopedics
ISSN: 1539-2570
Titre abrégé: J Pediatr Orthop
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8109053
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
27
9
2022
medline:
15
12
2022
entrez:
26
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Radiographic assessment of bone age is critically important to decision-making on the type and timing of operative interventions in pediatric orthopaedics. The current widely accepted method for determining bone age is time and resource-intensive. This study sought to assess the reliability and accuracy of 2 abbreviated methods, the Shorthand Bone Age (SBA) and the SickKids/Columbia (SKC) methods, to the widely accepted Greulich and Pyle (GP) method. Standard posteroanterior radiographs of the left hand of 125 adolescent males and 125 adolescent females were compiled, with bone ages determined by the GP method ranging from 9 to 16 years for males and 8 to 14 years for females. Blinded to the chronologic age and GP bone age of each child, the bone age for each radiograph was determined using the SBA and SKC methods by an orthopaedic surgery resident, 2 pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, and a musculoskeletal radiologist. Measurements were then repeated 2 weeks later after rerandomization of the radiographs. Intrarater and interrater reliability for the 2 abbreviated methods as well as the agreement between all 3 methods were calculated using weighted κ values. Mean absolute differences between methods were also calculated. Both bone age methods demonstrated substantial to almost perfect intrarater reliability, with a weighted κ ranging from 0.79 to 0.93 for the SBA method and from 0.82 to 0.96 for the SKC method. Interrater reliability was moderate to substantial (weighted κ: 0.55 to 0.84) for the SBA method and substantial to almost perfect (weighted κ: 0.67 to 0.92) for the SKC method. Agreement between the 3 methods was substantial for all raters and all comparisons. The mean absolute difference, been GP-derived and SBA-derived bone age, was 7.6±7.8 months, as compared with 8.8±7.4 months between GP-derived and SKC-derived bone ages. The SBA and SKC methods have comparable reliability, and both correlate well to the widely accepted GP methods and to each other. However, they have relatively large absolute differences when compared with the GP method. These methods offer simple, efficient, and affordable estimates for bone age determination, but at best provide an estimate to be used in the appropriate setting. Diagnostic study-level III.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Radiographic assessment of bone age is critically important to decision-making on the type and timing of operative interventions in pediatric orthopaedics. The current widely accepted method for determining bone age is time and resource-intensive. This study sought to assess the reliability and accuracy of 2 abbreviated methods, the Shorthand Bone Age (SBA) and the SickKids/Columbia (SKC) methods, to the widely accepted Greulich and Pyle (GP) method.
METHODS
METHODS
Standard posteroanterior radiographs of the left hand of 125 adolescent males and 125 adolescent females were compiled, with bone ages determined by the GP method ranging from 9 to 16 years for males and 8 to 14 years for females. Blinded to the chronologic age and GP bone age of each child, the bone age for each radiograph was determined using the SBA and SKC methods by an orthopaedic surgery resident, 2 pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, and a musculoskeletal radiologist. Measurements were then repeated 2 weeks later after rerandomization of the radiographs. Intrarater and interrater reliability for the 2 abbreviated methods as well as the agreement between all 3 methods were calculated using weighted κ values. Mean absolute differences between methods were also calculated.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Both bone age methods demonstrated substantial to almost perfect intrarater reliability, with a weighted κ ranging from 0.79 to 0.93 for the SBA method and from 0.82 to 0.96 for the SKC method. Interrater reliability was moderate to substantial (weighted κ: 0.55 to 0.84) for the SBA method and substantial to almost perfect (weighted κ: 0.67 to 0.92) for the SKC method. Agreement between the 3 methods was substantial for all raters and all comparisons. The mean absolute difference, been GP-derived and SBA-derived bone age, was 7.6±7.8 months, as compared with 8.8±7.4 months between GP-derived and SKC-derived bone ages.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The SBA and SKC methods have comparable reliability, and both correlate well to the widely accepted GP methods and to each other. However, they have relatively large absolute differences when compared with the GP method. These methods offer simple, efficient, and affordable estimates for bone age determination, but at best provide an estimate to be used in the appropriate setting.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
METHODS
Diagnostic study-level III.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36155388
doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002269
pii: 01241398-202301000-00023
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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