Ultrasound for the diagnosis of malrotation and volvulus in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Despite the advantages of ultrasound (US), upper gastrointestinal contrast series (UGI) remains the first-line diagnostic modality in the diagnosis of midgut malrotation and volvulus in children.

Objective

Evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of US in the diagnosis of malrotation with or without volvulus in children and adolescents aged 0-21 years, compared with the reference standard (diagnosis by surgery, UGI, CT, MRI, and clinical follow-up individually or as a composite).

Data sources

We searched the electronic databases Ovid-MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, and the Cochrane library in October 2019 and updated on 18 August 2020.

Study selection

Studies evaluating the diagnostic performance of US for diagnosis of midgut malrotation with or without volvul

SUBMITTER: Nguyen HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature