SynthesisCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2018
Diagnostic accuracy of transabdominal ultrasonography for gallbladder polyps: systematic review.
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- Risk of developing gallbladder cancer in patients with gallbladder polyps detected on transabdominal ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of radiology · 2022Pooled it
- Approach to gallbladder polyps in pediatric patients.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Review
- Update on the Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis, Staging, and Prognostication of Gallbladder Cancer.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2025Review
- Current status of artificial intelligence analysis for the diagnosis of gallbladder diseases using ultrasonography: a scoping review.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Review
- Management of incidentally detected gallbladder polyps: a review of clinical scenarios using the 2022 SRU gallbladder polyp consensus guidelines.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Review
- SIUMB recommendations on the use of ultrasound in neoplastic lesions of the gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary tract.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Article
- Rapid Identification of Benign Gallbladder Diseases Using Serum Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Multivariate Statistical Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gallbladder polyps and adenomyomatosis.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- GALLBLADDER POLYPS: CORRELATION AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN A POPULATION WITH HIGH INCIDENCE OF GALLBLADDER CANCER.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2023Article
- Gallbladder Polyp and Cancer Evaluation After Cholecystectomy: A Retrospective Observational Study.Cureus · 2022Article
- Management and follow-up of gallbladder polyps: updated joint guidelines between the ESGAR, EAES, EFISDS and ESGE.European radiology · 2022Article
- The growth rates of solitary gallbladder polyps compared to multi-polyps: A quantitative analysis.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2022Article
- Gallbladder Polyp Classification in Ultrasound Images Using an Ensemble Convolutional Neural Network Model.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Biliary Tract Malignancies Related to Gallbladder Polyps, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Choledochal Cysts.Clinical liver disease · 2021Review
- Gallbladder polyps ultrasound: what the sonographer needs to know.Journal of ultrasound · 2021Review
- Detectability on Plain CT is an Effective Discriminator between Carcinoma and Benign Disorder for a Polyp >10 mm in the Gallbladder.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of comfort nursing on postoperative quality of life, negative emotions and nursing satisfaction in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- The diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound combined with color Doppler ultrasound versus surgical pathology in gallbladder polyps.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Gallbladder Polyps Increase the Risk of Ischaemic Heart Disease Among Korean Adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Fatty liver is an independent risk factor for gallbladder polyps.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research has shown variable but generally poor accuracy of transabdominal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of gallbladder polyps. We performed a systematic review of the literature with the aim of helping surgeons interpret and apply these findings in the preoperative assessment and counselling of their patients.
methodsWe searched PubMed, MEDLINE and the Cochrane database using the keywords "gallbladder," "polyp," "ultrasound," "pathology" and "diagnosis" for English-language articles published after 1990 with the full-text article available through our institutional subscriptions. Polyps were defined as immobile features that on transabdominal ultrasonography appear to arise from the mucosa and that lack an acoustic shadow, and pseudopolyps were defined as features such as inflammation, hyperplasia, cholesterolosis and adenomyomatosis that convey no risk of malignant transformation.
resultsThe search returned 1816 articles, which were narrowed down to 14 primary sources involving 15 497 (range 23-13 703) patients who had preoperative transabdominal ultrasonography, underwent cholecystectomy and had postoperative pathology results available. Among the 1259 patients in whom a gallbladder polyp was diagnosed on ultrasonography, 188 polyps were confirmed as true polyps on pathologic examination, and 81 of these were found to be malignant. Of the 14 238 patients for whom a polyp was not seen on ultrasonography, 38 had a true polyp on pathologic examination, none of which were malignant. For true gallbladder polyps, transabdominal ultrasonography had a sensitivity of 83.1%, specificity of 96.3%, positive predictive value of 14.9% (7.0% for malignant polyps) and negative predictive value of 99.7%.
conclusionTransabdominal ultrasonography has a high false-positive rate (85.1%) for the diagnosis of gallbladder polyps. Further study of alternative imaging modalities and reevaluation of existing management guidelines are warranted.
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