1981
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6274.1452
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Ultrasound of the gall bladder: experience in a district hospital.

Abstract: In a retrospective survey performed to assess the reliability of ultrasound of the gall bladder in a district hospital the radiologists performing the examinations had little or no previous experience in non-obstetric ultrasound. In 142 patients who had the presence or absence of gall stones proved by surgery gall stones had been correctly predicted in 84% of patients with stones and absent in 64% of those without. This compares favourably with earlier reports from North America, and shows that ultrasound of t… Show more

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“…In only 6 patients was the scanning inconclusive. Most of these excellent reports come from teaching hospitals, but Walker (1980) presents the results of the first year of use of a B-mode scanner in a district general hospital (the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading). Three hundred and sixty-seven cases were scanned, mostly after unsuccessful or equivocal oral cholecystograms, and operative confirmation was carried out in over onethird of the cases.…”
Section: The Biliary Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In only 6 patients was the scanning inconclusive. Most of these excellent reports come from teaching hospitals, but Walker (1980) presents the results of the first year of use of a B-mode scanner in a district general hospital (the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading). Three hundred and sixty-seven cases were scanned, mostly after unsuccessful or equivocal oral cholecystograms, and operative confirmation was carried out in over onethird of the cases.…”
Section: The Biliary Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%