title: [Comparison of ultrasound and radiology in the intraoperative diagnosis of nephrolithiasis].
abstract: Both intraoperative ultrasonography and radiology were utilized as a surgical aid while operating on 53 patients with renal lithiasis. A thorough comparison was made between the two imaging techniques: intraoperative US showed higher levels of sensitivity and accuracy, while specificity was maximal in intraoperative radiology. Intraoperative US proved to be a versatile and safe diagnostic procedure--as well as easy and quick to perform--whose accuracy in localizing stones as well as residual fragments appeared to be extremely high. Intraoperative US assistance during surgical procedures for renal lithiasis proves thus to be of the utmost importance in urologic practice.
authors.affiliation: Istituti di Radiologia e di Clinica Chirurgica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: De Gaetano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boldrini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giovannini
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Confronto tra ecotomografia e radiologia nella diagnostica intra-operatoria della nefrolitiasi.