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The interrater reliability was measured using the Spearman correlation coefficient, Kendall coefficient of concordance, and kappa statistic; internal consistency was calculated using the Cronbach alpha reliability estimate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The Spearman correlation coefficients showed strong positive association among raters, with a range of values of 0.66 to 0.90. Internal consistency measured by the Cronbach alpha coefficient was excellent (\u03b1 = 0.97). The Kendall coefficient of concordance for the ordinal grades suggested a substantial degree of agreement among the raters (w = 0.76, p &lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Static postoperative photographs are a reliable outcome measure for determining facial nerve function after vestibular schwannoma resection and may serve as a surrogate for the dynamic patient interview.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2012.8.jns12158","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,9,7]],"date-time":"2012-09-07T13:57:03Z","timestamp":1347026223000},"page":"860-863","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Reliability of postoperative photographs in assessment of facial nerve function after vestibular schwannoma resection"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"117","author":[{"given":"Amber S.","family":"Gordon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ashly C.","family":"Westrick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael I.","family":"Falola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chevis N.","family":"Shannon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beverly C.","family":"Walters","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Winfield S.","family":"Fisher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-jns12158","series-title":"Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg","first-page":"543","article-title":"Reliability of the \u201cSydney,\u201d \u201cSunnybrook,\u201d and \u201cHouse Brackmann\u201d facial grading systems to assess voluntary movement and synkinesis after facial nerve paralysis","volume":"132","author":"Coulson","year":"2005"},{"key":"b2-jns12158","series-title":"J Laryngol Otol","first-page":"1045","article-title":"Reliability of the House and Brackmann grading system for facial palsy","volume":"103","author":"Evans","year":"1989"},{"key":"b3-jns12158","series-title":"Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg","first-page":"146","article-title":"Facial nerve grading system","volume":"93","author":"House","year":"1985"},{"issue":"Suppl 3","key":"b4-jns12158","series-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am","first-page":"99","article-title":"Evaluating agreement: conducting a reliability study","volume":"91","author":"Karanicolas","year":"2009"},{"key":"b5-jns12158","series-title":"Biometrics","first-page":"159","article-title":"The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data","volume":"33","author":"Landis","year":"1977"},{"key":"b6-jns12158","series-title":"Statistical Methods for Health Care Research","volume":"1","author":"Munro","year":"2000"},{"key":"b7-jns12158","series-title":"J Neurosurg","first-page":"205","article-title":"Surgery for large vestibular schwannomas: how patients and surgeons perceive quality of life","volume":"105","author":"Nicoucar","year":"2006"},{"key":"b8-jns12158","series-title":"Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg","first-page":"154","article-title":"Significance and reliability of the House-Brackmann grading system for regional facial nerve function","volume":"140","author":"Reitzen","year":"2009"},{"key":"b9-jns12158","series-title":"Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg","first-page":"322","article-title":"Comparative value of facial nerve grading systems","volume":"117","author":"Rickenmann","year":"1997"}],"container-title":["Journal of Neurosurgery"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/view\/journals\/j-neurosurg\/117\/5\/article-p860.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/j-neurosurg\/117\/5\/article-p860.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/j-neurosurg\/117\/5\/article-p860.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,26]],"date-time":"2023-03-26T23:01:06Z","timestamp":1679871666000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/view\/journals\/j-neurosurg\/117\/5\/article-p860.xml"}},"subtitle":["Clinical article"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,11]]},"references-count":9,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3171\/2012.8.jns12158","relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-3085","1933-0693"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-3085","type":"print"},{"value":"1933-0693","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,11]]}}}