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Ultraschall Med 2019; 40(05): 657
DOI: 10.1055/a-0975-9027
Letter to the Editor
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Interrater Reliability of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Sialolithiasis: Methodological Issues

Jamal Rahmani
1   Department of Community Nutrition, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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Siamak Sabour
2   Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of)
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22 August 2019 (online)

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We read the recently published article by Goncalves M et al. with great interest. This paper was published in the February 2019 issue of the European Journal of Ultrasound [1]. The author aimed to assess the interobserver reliability and agreement of offline analyses of three different ultrasound techniques for assessing tubal patency. They assessed interrater reliability by applying Cohen’s kappa coefficient (κ) and percentage agreement in 100 consecutive patients with signs of obstructive sialadenopathy. They reported that overall agreement among the seven observers was substantial (κ = 0.76).

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