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Table 5 Diagnostic accuracy in identifying lesions that required treatment

From: Safety in selective surgical exploration in penetrating neck trauma

 

PPV

NPV

Doppler

20 % [44], 100 % [9] Teixeira F et al. 12 %

100 % [9, 44], Teixeira F et al. 100 %

Angiography

80 % [4], 73 % [9], 18 % [44] Teixeira F et al. 12 %

100 % [4, 9, 44], Teixeira F et al. 100 %

Endoscopic (aeordigestive)

20 % [4, 9, 42], 37,5 % [45], Teixeira F et al. 100 %

100 % [4, 9, 42, 45], Teixeira F et al. 100 %

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922