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- The study evaluates how effective multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is for diagnosing small bowel obstruction (SBO) in patients.
- Researchers analyzed data from five articles, calculating various diagnostic metrics including sensitivity (87.8%) and specificity (80.7%).
- Results indicate that MDCT is a reliable diagnostic tool for SBO, with a high area under the curve (AUC) of 0.9648, suggesting strong overall accuracy.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To assess the diagnostic value of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in small bowel obstruction (SBO) patients.
Methods: Relevant literature was searched from the Cochrane Library, Pubmed and Embase. The extracted effective data was calculated using the Meta-Disc 1.4 software; statistical heterogeneity was evaluated using Cochran's Q test and I.
Results: A total of five articles were selected for the meta-analysis. In addition, the pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), as well as the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were 0.878 (95% CI 0.822-0.921), 0.807 (95% CI 0.753-0.854), 8.137 (95% CI 2.268-29.192), 0.127 (95% CI 0.040-0.4078) and 72.384 (95% CI 10.841-483.31), respectively. Furthermore, the AUC was 0.9648 with the Q of 0.9116.
Conclusions: The data suggest that MDCT is an effective method for diagnosis of SBO.
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