Login
Toggle sidebar

Lint: osseous-surgical-spinal-fusion

Acronyms
warning

"bone graft substitutes (e.g. ceramics, PEEK)"

Line 33:47 · 'PEEK' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Disc Spelling
warning

"minimal loss of disk height"

Line 59:24 · Radiopaedia favours the 'disc' spelling: 'disc' rather than 'disk'.
Headings Valid
warning

Expected headings

  • H1 Indications
  • H1 Contraindications
  • H1 Preprocedural evaluation
  • H1 Procedure
  • H2 Equipment
  • H2 Technique
  • H2 Postprocedural care
  • H1 Postprocedural evaluation
  • H2 Radiographic features
  • H1 Complications
  • H1 Outcomes
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 See also

"Radiographic features"

Line 52:1 · "Radiographic features" should be H2, not H1.

"Plain radiograph"

Line 53:1 · "Plain radiograph" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"CT"

Line 64:1 · "CT" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"MRI"

Line 66:1 · "MRI" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Radiology report"

Line 68:1 · "Radiology report" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Bone graft substitutes"

Line 82:1 · "Bone graft substitutes" is not a recognised heading for this article type.
Oxford Comma
suggestion

"osteoconduction: new bone formation, vascularisation and bone graft incorporation into the host bone"

Line 6:34 · Use the Oxford comma in 'formation, vascularisation and bone'.

"no fractures of the bone graft, substitute or vertebrae"

Line 60:33 · Use the Oxford comma in 'graft, substitute or vertebrae'.

"Autologous bone grafts have osteogenic, osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties and are characterised by slightly better fusion rates than allogeneic bone grafts."

Line 78:32 · Use the Oxford comma in 'osteogenic, osteoinductive and osteoconductive'.
Inline EG
suggestion

"bone graft substitutes (e.g. ceramics, PEEK)"

Line 33:31 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.