Kidney Stones Ultrasound Vs Ct. N engl j med. Randomly assigned 2 759 patients 18 76 years old to three separate treatment groups.
Ct as initial test for kidney stones for patients with suspected nephrolithiasis clinical outcomes are similar when ultrasonography or computed tomography ct is used as the initial imaging test according to a real world trial published in the new england journal of medicine. In terms of procedures ultrasound is used in prenatal care removal of gall stones kidney stones and many other types of medical applications. Renal ultrasound in.
Ultrasonography versus computed tomography for suspected nephrolithiasis.
Ct scan is certainly useful for surgical planning in patients with large stones to define anatomy and decide which approach would be ideal especially when the question is whether the patient needs pcnl. The ct offers a much better image and it can be directed precisely at a target area. The most important advance is the development of low dose ct scan options for the diagnosis and characterization of kidney stones. For patients with large kidney stones renal ultrasound is essentially equivalent to ct scan in diagnosis of kidney stones.