Comparison of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Thoracic Bone Fractures; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Introduction: The potential benefit of ultrasonography for detection of thoracic bone fractures has been proven in various surveys but no comprehensive conclusion has been drawn yet; therefore, the present study aimed to conduct a thorough meta-analytic systematic review on this subject. Methods: Tw...

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Published in:Emergency (Tehran, Iran) Iran), 2016-01, Vol.4 (2), p.55-64
Main Authors: Yousefifard, Mahmoud, Baikpour, Masoud, Ghelichkhani, Parisa, Asady, Hadi, Darafarin, Abolfazl, Amini Esfahani, Mohammad Reza, Hosseini, Mostafa, Yaseri, Mehdi, Safari, Saeed
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Language:English
Subjects:
diagnostic tests, routine
radiography
Review
Thoracic fractures
ultrasonography
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Summary:Introduction: The potential benefit of ultrasonography for detection of thoracic bone fractures has been proven in various surveys but no comprehensive conclusion has been drawn yet; therefore, the present study aimed to conduct a thorough meta-analytic systematic review on this subject. Methods: Two reviewers independently carried out a comprehensive systematic search in Medline, EMBASE, ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and ProQuest databases. Data were summarized as true positive, false positive, true negative and false negative and were analyzed via STATA 11.0 software using a mixed-effects binary regression model. Sources of heterogeneity were further assessed through subgroup analysis. Results: Data on 1667 patients (807 subjects with and 860 cases without thoracic fractures), whose age ranged from 0 to 92 years, were extracted from 17 surveys. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography in detection of thoracic bone fractures were 0.97 (95% CI: 0.90-0.99; I2= 88.88, p
ISSN:2345-4563
2345-4571