Contrast-enhanced CT scan (CECT) for the detection of hollow viscus and mesenteric injuries in blunt trauma - an updated systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy.
Stefano GranieriMichele AltomareAlessandro BonomiGiada PanaginiSimone FrassiniStefano Piero Bernardo CioffiGiorgio BastaAndrea SpotaFabrizio SammartanoRoberto BiniFederica RenziElisa ReitanoOsvaldo ChiaraStefania CimbanassiPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2024)
CECT has a fundamental role in identifying THVMI with high specificity but suboptimal sensitivity. Clinical criteria are still of paramount importance, especially in cases of ambiguous initial CECT images.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance
- trauma patients
- diffusion weighted imaging
- deep learning
- positron emission tomography
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- optical coherence tomography
- machine learning
- highly efficient
- sensitive detection
- quantum dots
- structural basis