Validation by CT of the new ultrasonography classification of acute colonic diverticulitis among Japanese patients

Objective: To select patients eligible for outpatient therapy for acute colonic diverticulitis (ACD), we had proposed a new ultrasonography (US)-based classification of ACD. In this study, we validated this US grading system by comparing diagnostic results with those of computed tomography (CT). Met...

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Published in:	Cogent Medicine
Main Authors:	Akira Mizuki, Satoshi Kaneda, Masayuki Tatemichi, Atsushi Nakazawa, Nobuhiro Tsukada, Hiroshi Nagata, Takanori Kanai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Subjects:	acute colonic diverticulitis (acd) abdominal sonography ct scan outpatients
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2018.1507478