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Table 4 Diagnostic performance of intra-operative CEUS in the diagnosis of wall invasion with surgery and pathology as the reference standard

From: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma

 

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Final results

Sensitivity

96.6% (0.82–1.0)

89.7% (0.73–0.98)

93.1% (0.77–0.99)

Specificity

90.3% (0.74–0.98)

96.8% (0.83–1.0)

93.5% (0.79–0.99)

Accuracy

93.3% (0.84–0.98)

93.3% (0.84–0.98)

93.3% (0.83–0.98)

Positive predictive value

90.3% (0.76–0.96)

96.3% (0.79–0.99)

93.1% (0.78–0.98)

Negative predictive value

96.6% (0.80–0.99)

90.9% (0.77–0.97)

93.5% (0.79–0.98)

  1. 95% confidence intervals are indicated in brackets