Clinical utility of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the diagnosis of benign and malignant small renal masses among Asian population.

ABSTRACT: We assessed the clinical utility of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the diagnosis of benign and malignant small renal masses using a meta-analysis of diagnostic test. We performed a comprehensive online search in the following database including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Wanfang, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure from the inception to August 25, 2019. the following index were calculated for assessing the diagnostic ability, including sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), area under the curve (AUC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Seventeen studies were included in the qualitative and quantitative analyses. The overall sensitivity was 0.93 with 95% CI of 0.88-0.95. The specif

SUBMITTER: Shen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6912038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature