Table 1.
Parameter | Conventional | Conventional + 3D | |||||||
Kappa | Agreement | Kappa | Agreement | ∆ kappa | p value | ||||
Characteristic | |||||||||
Humeral head split | 0.39 | (0.17-0.60) | Fair | 0.72 | (0.50-0.94) | Substantial | 0.33 | (0.02-0.64) | 0.04 |
Medial hinge displacement > 2 mm | 0.19 | (0.00-0.38) | Slight | 0.35 | (0.06-0.64) | Fair | 0.16 | (-0.19 to 0.51) | 0.36 |
Metaphyseal extension > 8 mm | 0.14 | (0.00-0.31) | Slight | 0.28 | (0.12-0.44) | Fair | 0.14 | (-0.09 to 0.36) | 0.24 |
Surgical neck fracture | 0.10 | (0.00-0.26) | Slight | 0.27 | (0.05-0.50) | Fair | 0.17 | (-0.10 to 0.45) | 0.21 |
Anatomic neck fracture | 0.16 | (0.01-0.31) | Slight | 0.29 | (0.10-0.47) | Fair | 0.13 | (-0.11 to 0.37) | 0.29 |
Displacement of humeral head | 0.44 | (0.22-0.65) | Moderate | 0.35 | (0.16-0.53) | Fair | 0.09 | (-0.37 to 0.19) | 0.55 |
LT displacement > 10 mm | 0.03 | (-0.05 to 0.12) | Slight | 0.16 | (0.02-0.30) | Slight | 0.13 | (-0.04 to 0.29) | 0.13 |
GT displacement >10 mm | 0.13 | (0.01-0.25) | Slight | 0.16 | (0.00-0.36) | Slight | 0.03 | (-0.21 to 0.26) | 0.81 |
Fracture pattern | |||||||||
Neer classification | 0.13 | (0.06-0.20) | Slight | 0.11 | (0.05-0.17) | Slight | 0.02 | (-0.11 to 0.07) | 0.67 |
Hertel classification | 0.14 | (0.06-0.22) | Slight | 0.13 | (0.07-0.19) | Slight | 0.01 | (-0.11 to 0.08) | 0.81 |
A kappa value less than 0 indicates poor agreement; a ∆ kappa value less than 0 indicates that agreement for conventional imaging with 3D models is lower than conventional imaging only; LT = lesser tuberosity; GT = greater tuberosity.