作者
S Choudhary, P Singh, E Sundar, S Kumar, A Sahai
发表日期
2004/8/1
期刊
Clinical radiology
卷号
59
期号
8
页码范围
736-742
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
AIM
This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the abnormalities of the male anterior urethra using high-resolution ultrasound (sonourethrography) and to compare the efficacy with that of retrograde urethrography (RGU) using operative findings as the gold standard.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Seventy patients with symptoms of lower urinary tract obstruction underwent RGU followed by sonourethrography. The sonologist was blinded to the findings of RGU. The parameters studied were compared with the intra-operative findings as gold standard, and the sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy for the procedures were calculated. Chi-square test and kappa statistics were used where appropriate.
RESULTS
All patients found to have urethral stricture disease by RGU were also detected by sonourethrography and confirmed intra-operatively. In the estimation of stricture length, RGU showed a lower …
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