When the Surgeon Doesn’t Cut Straight: Delta Method and Bootstrap in a Mixed Model to Estimate a Probability and Get Its Confidence Interval

Francq, B. and Cartiaux, O. (2012) When the Surgeon Doesn’t Cut Straight: Delta Method and Bootstrap in a Mixed Model to Estimate a Probability and Get Its Confidence Interval. In: 2th Annual Conference of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-13 Sept 2012,

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Abstract

Resecting bone tumors within the pelvis requires good cutting accuracy to achieve satisfactory safe margins and reduce the risk of local recurrence. An experimental study investigates and compares the bone-cutting accuracy with two technologies: navigated and non-navigated bone tumor resection of the pelvis. This paper focuses on the parameter ESM which is related to the shortest distance between the cut plane and the tumor. The main questions and important issues for the surgeons are to know what is the probability (and confidence interval) to get an ESM between -5 and 5 and the probability to get an ESM lower than a given threshold for each technology: P(-5

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Francq, Dr Bernard
Authors: Francq, B., and Cartiaux, O.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Robertson Centre
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