TY - JOUR ID - 11656 TI - The Use of Eponyms for Surgical Approaches and Fractures in Elbow Surgery: Accuracy and Reliability Pre- and Post-Training JO - The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery JA - ABJS LA - en SN - 2345-4644 AU - Viveen, Jetske AU - Somford, Matthijs P. AU - Koenraadt, Koen L.M. AU - van den Bekerom, Michel P. J. AU - Eygendaal, Denise AU - Schipper, Inger B. AU - Doornberg, Job N. AD - Upper Limb Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amphia Hospital, 4818 CK Breda, The Netherlands AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rijnstate Hospital, 6815 AD Arnhem, The Netherlands AD - Foundation for Orthopedic Research, Care & Education, Amphia Hospital, 4818 CK Breda, The Netherlands AD - Shoulder and elbow Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands AD - Upper Limb Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amphia Hospital, 4818 CK Breda, The Netherlands Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam-Zuidoost, The Netherlands AD - Department of Surgery and Traumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 191 EP - 198 KW - Accuracy KW - Elbow KW - Eponyms KW - Fracture KW - Reliability KW - Surgical approach KW - Teaching DO - 10.22038/abjs.2018.32469.1860 N2 - The use of eponymous terms in orthopedic trauma surgery is common. In an assessment pre-training versus posttrainingat an AO Advanced Elbow Trauma Course, we aimed to report on (1) the accuracy and (2) reliability of 10common eponymous terms used for surgical approaches and fractures in elbow surgery. Before training, eponymswere described correctly in 38% of questions versus 47% after training. The percentage of correct answers onlyimproved significantly in one question (P<0.005). A generalized kappa of 0.37 before training versus 0.31 aftertraining represents an overall fair reliability of the eponymous terms. In conclusion, the accuracy and reliabilityof eponymous terms used in elbow surgery is disappointing. Moreover, this type of standardized training formatdoes not seem to improve the knowledge of eponymous terms of experienced trauma- and orthopedic surgeons.Therefore, we suggest considering descriptive terms or standardized fracture classifications instead of eponymousterms.Level of evidence: II UR - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_11656.html L1 - https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_11656_c15835329ddc8bd7d280e3069791f946.pdf ER -