Table 3.
Percentage of Surgeons’ Assessments That Indicated the Need for Surgery Based on the 3 Imaging Modalities.
Subtype | Total Participants | Surgeons of Experience 4-10 Years | Surgeons of Experience 11+ Years | ||||||
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Radiographs | CT | MRI | Radiographs | CT | MRI | Radiographs | CT | MRI | |
A1 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
A3 | 44.7 | 59.8 | 56.5 | 44.4 | 54.2 | 47.2 | 44.8 | 62.1 | 60.3 |
A4 | 67.1 | 89.0 | 89.6 | 62.5 | 85.4 | 89.6 | 69.0 | 90.5 | 89.7 |
B1 | 74.8 | 91.5 | 91.5 | 70.8 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 76.4 | 93.7 | 93.7 |
B2 | 90.7 | 93.9 | 96.3 | 90.3 | 97.2 | 95.8 | 90.8 | 92.5 | 96.6 |
C | 100.0 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 100.0 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
aValues are given as percentage.