Diagnostic performance of CT with Valsalva maneuver for the diagnosis and characterization of inguinal hernias.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Inguinal hernias are mainly diagnosed clinically, but imaging can aid in equivocal cases or for treatment planning. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CT with Valsalva maneuver for the diagnosis and characterization of inguinal hernias.

Methods

This single-center retrospective study reviewed all consecutive Valsalva-CT studies between 2018 and 2019. A composite clinical reference standard including surgery was used. Three blinded, independent readers (readers 1-3) reviewed the CT images and scored the presence and type of inguinal hernia. A fourth reader measured hernia size. Interreader agreement was quantified with Krippendorff's α coefficients. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of Valsalva-CT for the detection of inguinal

SUBMITTER: Ghafoor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533612 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature