Acute management of symptomatic nephrolithiasis

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World J Clin Urol. Nov 24, 2014; 3(3): 161-167
Published online Nov 24, 2014. doi: 10.5410/wjcu.v3.i3.161

Table 1 Median sensitivity and specificity in detecting nephrolithiasis for various imaging modalities

Imaging modality	Sensitivity¹	Specificity¹
Non-contrast CT	98%	97%
Abdominal X-ray	57%	76%
Intravenous pyelogram	70%	95%
Renal/bladder ultrasound	61%	97%
MRI	82%	98%

¹Information from this table obtained from Ref. [4]. MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CT: Computed tomography.

Citation: Sterling M, Ziemba J, Mucksavage P. Acute management of symptomatic nephrolithiasis. World J Clin Urol 2014; 3(3): 161-167
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2816/full/v3/i3/161.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5410/wjcu.v3.i3.161