Structured CT reporting improves accuracy in diagnosing internal herniation after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Objectives: To confirm that structured reporting of CT scans using ten signs in clinical practice leads to a better accuracy in diagnosing internal herniation (IH) after gastric bypass surgery, compared with free-text reporting.

Methods: In this prospective study, CT scans between June 1, 2017, and December 1, 2018, were included from a cohort of 2606 patients who had undergone laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery between January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2018. The CT scans were made for a suspicion of IH and structured reports were made using a standardised template with ten signs: (1) swirl sign, (2) small-bowel obstruction, (3) clustered loops, (4) mushroom sign, (5) hurricane eye sign, (6) small bowel behind the superior mesenteric artery, (7) right-sided anastomosis, (8) enlarged nodes, (9) venous congestion, and (10) mesenteric oedema.

Diagnosing internal herniation after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: usefulness of systematically reviewing CT scans using ten signs.

Objectives: To evaluate if systematically reviewing CT scans using ten signs leads to a better accuracy in diagnosing internal herniation (IH), compared to the original report. Also, the difference in accuracy was analysed between experience levels.

Methods: Patients were retrospectively included if they had undergone laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery between 2011 and 2014, and if additional radiological examination was performed for suspected IH between 2011 and 2016.