Evaluation of the diagnostic potential of trans abdominal ultrasonography in detecting intra-abdominal adhesions: A double-blinded cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intra-abdominal adhesion is one of the most important complications of abdominopelvic surgery. It increases morbidity and mortality for patients. Although laparoscopy is the gold standard of adhesion diagnosis, it can cause visceral damage during the operation. Therefore, surgeons prefer to use non-invasive methods for planning the operation. We designed this study to evaluate transabdominal ultrasonography ( TAU) accuracy for diagnosing Intra-abdominal Adhesions.

Material & methods

This double-blinded cohort study was conducted on 47 patients with previous laparotomy who undergo another surgery. Spontaneous visceral slide (SVS) and induced visceral slide (IVS) were measured during TAU.

Results

The mean age and BMI of 47 patients were 43.21±10.3 and 27.545±

SUBMITTER: Dehghani Firoozabadi MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224334 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature