Authors: Enno Stranzinger Michael A DiPietro Sai Yarram Shokoufeh Khalatbari Peter J Strouse
Publish Date: 2008/11/04
Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-46
Abstract
Between 2001 and 2008 74 consecutive US examinations were retrospectively evaluated by two pediatric radiologists for intramural and subserosal echogenic foci or trapped gas in the intussusception The degree of correlation between the sonographic findings and reducibility was evaluatedOf 73 intussusceptions examined by US 56 76 were reducible and 17 23 were not reducible Out of 10 intussusceptions with intramural gas 11 with subserosal gas and 14 with intramural and subserosal gas 8 80 6 56 9 64 respectively were not reducible The presence of intramural gas or subserosal gas or both predicted a lower chance of reduction but with regard to the effect of these findings together intramural gas was the only significant predictorThe project was supported by a grant from the National Center for Research Resources no UL1RR024986 The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or the National Institutes of Health
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