Ultrasound of the gall bladder: experience in a district hospital.
- 2 May 1981
- Vol. 282 (6274) , 1452-1453
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.282.6274.1452
Abstract
In a retrospective survey performed to assess the reliability of ultrasound of the gall bladder in a district hospital the radiologists performing the examinations had little or no previous experience in non-obstetric ultrasound. In 142 patients who had the presence or absence of gall stones proved by surgery gall stones had been correctly predicted in 84% of patients with stones and absent in 64% of those without. This compares favourably with earlier reports from North America, and shows that ultrasound of the gall bladder is useful, even when staff experience is limited.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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