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Purpose The aim of our prospective designed study was to confirm the intra-observer agreement of assessments of the hydronephrosis index (HI) with a sonographic technique that potentially provides additional information in patients with acute renal colic (ARC). Methods Sonographic measurement of HI and valuation of common clinical criteria were performed in 44 consecutive patients presenting with...
Study Type – Diagnosis (reliability)Level of Evidence 2bWhat's known on the subject? and What does the study add?Conventional sonography is the standard imaging technique used in patients with acute renal colic. A decreasing hydronephrosis index (HI) is associated with an increase in obstructive uropathy. Obstructive uropathy leads to an increase in the renal resistive index (RRI).The present study...
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