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Table 5 Diagnostic performance of intra-operative CEUS in the diagnosis of bland thrombus 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

100% (0.69–1.0)

100% (0.69–1.0)

100% (0.69–1.0)

Specificity

98.0% (0.89–0.99)

94.0% (0.83–0.99)

96.0% (0.86–0.99)

Accuracy

98.3% (0.92–1.0)

95.0% (0.89–1.0)

96.7% (0.91–0.99)

Positive predictive value

90.9% (0.59–0.99)

76.9% (0.52–0.91)

83.3% (0.56–0.95)

Negative predictive value

100% (0.83–1.0)

100% (0.83–1.0)

100% (0.83–1.0)

  1. 95% confidence intervals are indicated in brackets