Graded compression ultrasonography and computed tomography in acute colonic diverticulitis: Meta-analysis of test accuracy

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2498-2511

  Laméris, Wytze ^a,b   van Randen, Adrienne ^a   Bipat, Shandra ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Boermeester, Marja A ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Meta analysis; Sensitivity and specificity; Tomography; Ultrasonography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049096711     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1018-6     Document Type: Article

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