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Multicenter Observational Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Value of Sonography in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis

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العنوان: Multicenter Observational Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Value of Sonography in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
المؤلفون: Alessandro Bozzato, Christoph Arens, Maximilian Linxweiler, Victoria Bozzato, Peter Jecker, Gregor Hilger, Hans-Jürgen Welkoborsky, Johannes Zenk, Lukas Pillong
المصدر: Diagnostics; Volume 12; Issue 9; Pages: 2065
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: chronic rhinosinusitis, paranasal sinuses, sonography, computed tomography, ultrasound, A-scan, B-scan, diagnostic imaging
الوصف: (1) Background: Computed tomography (CT) is considered mandatory for assessing the extent of pathologies in the paranasal sinuses (PNS) in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, there are few evidence-based data on the value of ultrasound (US) in CRS. This multicenter approach aimed to compare diagnostic imaging modalities in relation to findings during surgery. (2) Methods: 127 patients with CRS were included in this prospective multicenter study. Patients received preoperative US and CT scans. The sensitivity and specificity of CT and US were extrapolated from intraoperative data. (3) Results: CT scans showed the highest sensitivity (97%) and specificity (67%) in assessing CRS. Sensitivities of B-scan US were significantly lower regarding the maxillary sinus (88%), the ethmoid sinus (53%), and the frontal sinus (45%). The highest overall sensitivity was observed for assessing the pathology of the maxillary sinus. (4) Conclusions: We observed high accuracy with CT, confirming its importance in preoperative imaging in CRS. Despite the high US expertise of all investigators and a standardized examination protocol, the validity of CT was significantly higher than US. Ultrasound of the PNS sinuses is applicable in everyday clinical practice but lacks diagnostic accuracy. Nevertheless, it might serve as a complementary hands-on screening tool to directly correlate the clinical findings in patients with PNS disease.
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اللغة: English
العلاقة: Medical Imaging and Theranostics; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092065Test
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12092065
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092065Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.B95B3C2E
قاعدة البيانات: BASE