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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate brachial plexus MRI accuracy with surgical findings and clinical follow-up as reference standard in a large multicentre study. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The research was approved by the Institutional Review Boards, and all patients provided their written informed consent. A multicentre retrospective trial that included three centres was performed between March 2006 and April 2011. A total of 157 patients (men/women: 81/76; age range, 18-84 years) were evaluated: surgical findings and clinical follow-up of at least 12 months were used as the reference standard. MR imaging was performed with different equipment at 1.5 T and 3.0 T. The patient group was divided in five subgroups: mass lesion, traumatic injury, entrapment syndromes, post-treatment evaluation, and other. Sensitivity, specificity with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), positive predictive value (PPV), pre-test-probability (the prevalence), negative predictive value (NPV), pre- and post-test odds (OR), likelihood ratio for positive results (LH+), likelihood ratio for negative results (LH-), accuracy and post-test probability (post-P) were reported on a per-patient basis. RESULTS:The overall sensitivity and specificity with 95% CIs were: 0.810/0.914; (0.697-0.904). Overall PPV, pre-test probability, NPV, LH+, LH-, and accuracy: 0.823, 0.331, 0.905, 9.432, 0.210, 0.878. CONCLUSIONS:The overall diagnostic accuracy of brachial plexus MRI calculated on a per-patient base is relatively high. The specificity of brachial plexus MRI in patients suspected of having a space-occupying mass is very high. The sensitivity is also high, but there are false-positive interpretations as well.
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Eur J Radioljournal_title
European journal of radiologyauthors
Tagliafico A,Succio G,Serafini G,Martinoli Cdoi
10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.10.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-10-01 00:00:00pages
2666-72issue
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0720-048Xissn
1872-7727pii
S0720-048X(11)00731-5journal_volume
81pub_type
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