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Cost-effectiveness analysis of multiple imaging modalities in diagnosis and follow-up of intermediate complex cystic renal lesions.

Paul SpieseckeThomas ReinholdYano WehrenbergSven WernerAndreas MaxeinerJonas BuschThomas FischerBernd HammMarkus Herbert Lerchbaumer
Published in: BJU international (2021)
Both ceMRI and CEUS can be used as alternatives to ceCT in the diagnosis and follow-up of intermediately complex cystic renal lesions without compromising effectiveness, while CEUS is clearly cost-effective. The economic results apply to a large university hospital and must be adapted for smaller hospitals.
Keyphrases
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