The study of the value of CT scanning in the diagnosis of closed injury of the kidney

ABSTRACT

45 patients with closed injury of the kidney who underwent CT scanning and an internal therapy or an operation at Viet Duc Hospital were studied. Results showed the high values of the diagnosis of morphological injuries in casualty of kidney such as morphological change, contusion and parenchymal congestion, kidney rupture, retroperitoneal congestion, with absolute level of sensitivity and positive predictive value at high level. Moreover, CT scanning permitted the diagnosis of combining injuries of various organs in abdomen cavity and the evaluation of the function of injured kidney and healthy kidney through the contrast injection CT scanning could evaluate the kidney injury with 90.5% of accuracy. 3/3 cases of grade IV damage and 93.3% of grade III damage were detected. The damages of grade II and grade I detected in CT scanning were treated internal and got good clinical progress