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Does ultrasongraphy predict intraoperative findings at cholecystectomy? An institutional review

Author(s) -

Shan Stogryn,

Jennifer Metcalfe,

Ashley Vergis,

Krista Hardy

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.005915

Subject(s) - medicine , predictive value , cholecystectomy , gold standard (test) , ultrasonography , retrospective cohort study , radiology , acute cholecystitis , positive predicative value , predictive value of tests , cholecystitis , gallbladder , surgery , general surgery

Ultrasonography (US) is the mainstay of biliary tract imaging, but few recent studies have tested its ability to diagnose acute cholecystitis (AC). Our objective was to determine how well a US diagnosis of AC correlates with the intraoperative diagnosis. We hypothesize that US underestimates this diagnosis, potentially leading to unexpected findings in the operating room (OR).

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