Importancia del Método Greulich and Pyle en la Práctica Clínica Una Revisión Sistemática
Resumen
La evaluación de la edad ósea en niños y adolescentes, es importante en la práctica clínica, con la finalidad de no tener variabilidad con la edad biológica; el método de Greulich and Pyle (GP) es la más empleada, práctica y versátil en su aplicación, existiendo también métodos automatizados con Inteligencia Artificial (IA). Se analiza y evalúa la eficacia con respecto a otros métodos, determinando su relevancia en la práctica clínica actual. Se realizaron búsqueda en SCOPUS, GOOGLE SCHOLAR y PUB MED, obteniendo 16 estudios que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión y exclusión, encontrándose que GP es una herramienta útil, eficaz y precisa para la evaluación de la edad ósea, con una alta fiabilidad y validez interobservador e intraobservador. Algunos estudios señalaron que GP puede subestimar la edad ósea en algunos grupos de población. Finalmente, se determinó un alto grado de importancia de GP en la práctica clínica encontrando también métodos automatizados.
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