title: [Graded pressure of the abdomen in the differential diagnosis of abdominal lesions].
abstract: With the aid of the submitted diagnostic option significant improvement is achieved in the accuracy of identification of injuries to the abdominal vegetative ganglia (by 27 to 32%) through the use of quantitative measurements of threshold pain sensitivity (TPS). It is the deeply situated tissues in sites of projection of abdominal vegetative ganglia and in high reflexogenous zones of neurometameres innervating organs of the abdominal cavity that are subjected to graded pressuration which is performed through the anterior abdominal wall using a device indicating pain sensitivity [3]. TPS is determined for each zone under study comparing it to TPS in healthy subjects. The injury to the relevant abdominal vegetative ganglion is evidenced by TPS maximum deviation from the norm in the zone.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Nykula
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Trunova
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000294:innervation; D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011312:Pressure; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology