The 2007 OTA Classification Compendium updates and republishes the OTA fracture classification, originally released in 1996. It unifies the OTA and AO alpha-numeric coding systems and incorporates the first rigorously validated component: the pediatric long bone classification. The introductory chapter reviews 11 years of new science on fracture classification reliability.
The 2007 OTA Classification Compendium updates and republishes the OTA fracture classification, originally released in 1996. It unifies the OTA and AO alpha-numeric coding systems and incorporates the first rigorously validated component: the pediatric long bone classification. The introductory chapter reviews 11 years of new science on fracture classification reliability.