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Unnecessary diagnostic imaging: a review of the literature on preoperative imaging for boys with undescended testes

Cryptorchidism or undescended testis is one of the most common pediatric disorders of the male endocrine glands and the most common genital disorder identified at birth. Ultrasound is commonly ordered for boys with undescended testes prior to referral to a surgical specialist, but its sensitivity an...

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Autores principales: Hartigan, Siobhán, Tasian, Gregory E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816791
http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2014.11.05
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description Cryptorchidism or undescended testis is one of the most common pediatric disorders of the male endocrine glands and the most common genital disorder identified at birth. Ultrasound is commonly ordered for boys with undescended testes prior to referral to a surgical specialist, but its sensitivity and specificity is insufficient to reliably localize non-palpable testes and thus confers unnecessary costs to the patient and the healthcare system. We review the ability of ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to reliably locate undescended testes and emphasize whether diagnostic imaging should change the decision to operate or the surgical approach for boys with cryptorchidism.
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spelling pubmed-47081362016-01-26 Unnecessary diagnostic imaging: a review of the literature on preoperative imaging for boys with undescended testes Hartigan, Siobhán Tasian, Gregory E. Transl Androl Urol Review Article Cryptorchidism or undescended testis is one of the most common pediatric disorders of the male endocrine glands and the most common genital disorder identified at birth. Ultrasound is commonly ordered for boys with undescended testes prior to referral to a surgical specialist, but its sensitivity and specificity is insufficient to reliably localize non-palpable testes and thus confers unnecessary costs to the patient and the healthcare system. We review the ability of ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to reliably locate undescended testes and emphasize whether diagnostic imaging should change the decision to operate or the surgical approach for boys with cryptorchidism. AME Publishing Company 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4708136/ /pubmed/26816791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2014.11.05 Text en 2014 Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved.
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Unnecessary diagnostic imaging: a review of the literature on preoperative imaging for boys with undescended testes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816791
http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2014.11.05
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