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Use of Computed Tomography in Diagnosing Ventral Hernia Recurrence
Author(s) -
Julie L. Holihan,
Burzeen E. Karanjawala,
Annie Ko,
Erik P. Askenasy,
Eduardo J. Matta,
Latifa Gharbaoui,
Joseph P. Hasapes,
Varaha S. Tammisetti,
Chakradhar R. Thupili,
Zeinab M. Alawadi,
Ioana Bondre,
Juan R. FloresGonzalez,
Lillian S. Kao,
Mike K. Liang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2580
Subject(s) - medicine , ventral hernia , hernia , radiology , computed tomography , prospective cohort study , physical examination , cohort , nuclear medicine , surgery , pathology
Physical examination misses up to one-third of ventral hernia recurrences seen on radiologic imaging. However, tests such as computed tomographic (CT) imaging are subject to interpretation and require validation of interobserver reliability.

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