Kadirhan O, Kızılgoz V, Aydin S, Bilici E, Bayat E, Kantarci M. Does the use of computed tomography scenogram alone enable diagnosis in cases of bowel obstruction? World J Radiol 2023; 15(10): 281-292 [PMID: 37969137 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v15.i10.281]
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Sonay Aydin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Medicine, Haci Ali Akin cd., Erzincan 24000, Turkey. sonay.aydin@erzincan.edu.tr
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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Retrospective Study
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Kadirhan O, Kızılgoz V, Aydin S, Bilici E, Bayat E, Kantarci M. Does the use of computed tomography scenogram alone enable diagnosis in cases of bowel obstruction? World J Radiol 2023; 15(10): 281-292 [PMID: 37969137 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v15.i10.281]
Ozlem Kadirhan, Volkan Kızılgoz, Sonay Aydin, Esra Bilici, Ekrem Bayat, Mecit Kantarci, Department of Radiology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan 24000, Turkey
Mecit Kantarci, Department of Radiology, Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum 25000, Turkey
Author contributions: Kadirhan O, Kızılgoz V, Aydin S, Bilici E, Bayat E, Kantarci M contributed to conceptualization, validation, formal analysis, resources, data curation; Kadirhan O, Kızılgoz V, and Aydin S contributed to methodology, investigation, writing – original draft preparation, writing – review & editing, visualization, supervision; Kadirhan O and Aydin S contributed to project administration.
Institutional review board statement: The research undertaken in this study received approval from the Erzincan University Ethics Committee (Decision no: E-21142744 804.01-128338 Date: 07/12/ 2021) and was carried out in compliance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Informed consent statement: As the study was designed retrospectively, no written informed consent form was obtained from patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: Participants approved publication of their data after anonymization.
Corresponding author: Sonay Aydin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Medicine, Haci Ali Akin cd., Erzincan 24000, Turkey. sonay.aydin@erzincan.edu.tr
Received: July 28, 2023 Peer-review started: July 28, 2023 First decision: September 14, 2023 Revised: September 26, 2023 Accepted: October 11, 2023 Article in press: October 11, 2023 Published online: October 28, 2023 Processing time: 87 Days and 17.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This retrospective study aims to determine the accuracy of detecting the presence and possible location of obstruction on computed tomography (CT) scenogram images of the abdomen, which can be used as the primary imaging method in the diagnosis of acute bowel obstruction, taking observer experience into account. The experienced observer had the highest sensitivity (83.33%), positive predictive value (94.59%), and diagnostic accuracy (80.43%) for detecting mechanical obstruction (MO). The diagnostic accuracy of the same observer in estimating the segmentation of a MO was 80.43%. These findings show that CT scenogram images alone can demonstrate high diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity in relation to years of experience in diagnosing ileus.
