Radiologists' vs. surgeons' reading performance in non traumatic acute abdomen CTs : P32

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serval:BIB_0560E716350D
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Publications
Institution
Titre
Radiologists' vs. surgeons' reading performance in non traumatic acute abdomen CTs : P32
Titre de la conférence
Swiss Radiological Congress 2008
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Stauffer N.H., Picht C., Rau P.R., Guntern D., Vallet C., Prot T., Melloul E., Kotzampassakis N., Tempia A., Schmidt S., Denys A.
Adresse
St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 29-31, 2008
ISBN
1424-4977
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2008
Volume
8
Série
Swiss Medical Forum = Forum Médical Suisse
Pages
30S
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Purpose: Emergency room reading performances have been a point of interest in recent studies comparing radiologists to other physician groups. Our objective was to evaluate and compare the reading performances of radiologists and surgeons in an emergency room setting of non-traumatic abdominal CTs. Methods and materials: A total of ten readers representing four groups participated in this study: three senior radiologists and visceral surgeons, respectively, and two junior radiologists and surgeons, respectively. Each observer blindedly evaluated a total of 150 multi-slice acute abdominal CTs. CTs were chosen representing established proportions of acute abdomen pathologies in a Level I trauma centre from 2003 to 2005. Each answer was interpretated as right or wrong regarding pathology location, diagnosis and need for operation. Gold standard was the intraoperative result, and the clinical patient follow-up for non-operated patients. Significance was assumed at a p <.05 level. Results: Senior radiologists had a mean score of 2.38 ± 1.14, junior radiologists a score of 2.34 ± 1.14, whereas senior surgeons scored 2.07 ± 1.30 and junior surgeons 1.62 ± 1.42. No significant difference was found between the two radiologist groups, but results were significantly better for senior surgeons as compared to junior surgeons and better for the two radiologist groups as compared to each of the surgeon groups (all p <.05). Conclusion: Abdominal CT reading in an acute abdomen setting should continue to rely on an evaluation by a radiologist, whether senior or junior. Satisfying reading results can be achieved by senior visceral surgeons, but junior surgeons need more experience for a good reading performance.
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