SynthesisJournal of Crohn's & colitis2024
Diagnostic Accuracy of Intestinal Ultrasound in the Detection of Intra-Abdominal Complications in Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Review Article: Extending the Frontiers of Intestinal Ultrasound Knowledge, Performance and Expansion.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Small intestinal contrast ultrasonography (SICUS) in Crohn's disease: Ready for wider implementation?European radiology · 2026Article
- Correlation between small intestinal contrast ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging scoring systems in Crohn's disease.European radiology · 2026Article
- Optimizing multiple diagnostic modalities for small bowel evaluation: a strategic approach.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2026Review
- A novel super-resolution contrast-enhanced ultrasound approach for evaluating inflammatory activity in Crohn's disease.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Learning curve in intestinal ultrasound: advancing from basic skills to advanced competencies-insights from the IUS IG-IBD Master program.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2026Article
- Intestinal Ultrasound for Monitoring Postoperative Crohn's Disease: A Review and Visual Atlas.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Review
- Integrating Intestinal Ultrasound in the Personalized Management of IBD.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluating treatment to a target of transmural healing in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease: rationale, design and protocol for the randomised controlled VECTORS trial.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Emerging role of intestinal ultrasound in detecting postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.Gastroenterology report · 2026Review
- The role of enteroscopy in the diagnosis and interventional management of small intestine diseases.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Intestinal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Monitoring Inflammation and Treatment Response.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Gastrointestinal resection is associated with urolithiasis severity among inflammatory bowel disease patients.The Canadian journal of urology · 2025Article
- Variability and performance of radiologic stricture parameters in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- [Value of small bowel stenosis in CrohnZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- The Role of Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: From Diagnosis to Individualized Therapy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- How to use intestinal ultrasonography in patients with Crohn disease: its role in the assessment of disease activity and disease monitoring in the era of the treat-to-target strategy.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Intestinal Ultrasound: Advancing Towards Broader Adoption-Insights from a National Survey in Turkey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of enteroscopy, computed tomography enterography, and intestinal ultrasound for the evaluation of small bowel Crohn's disease.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Using ultrasonographic features in pediatric Crohn's disease activity index severity.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCrohn's disease [CD] is frequently associated with the development of strictures and penetrating complications. Intestinal ultrasound [IUS] is a non-invasive imaging modality ideal for point-of-care assessment. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we provide a current overview on the diagnostic accuracy of IUS and its advanced modalities in the detection of intra-abdominal complications in CD compared to endoscopy, cross-sectional imaging, surgery, and pathology.
methodWe conducted a literature search for studies describing the diagnostic accuracy of IUS in adult patients with CD-related intra-abdominal complications. Quality of the included studies was assessed with the QUADAS-2 tool. Meta-analysis was performed for both conventional IUS [B-mode] and oral contrast IUS [SICUS].
resultsOf the 1498 studies we identified, 68 were included in this review and 23 studies [3863 patients] were used for the meta-analysis. Pooled sensitivities and specificities for strictures, inflammatory masses, and fistulas by B-mode IUS were 0.81 and 0.90, 0.87 [sensitivities] and 0.95, and 0.67 and 0.97 [specificities], respectively. Pooled overall log diagnostic odds ratios were 3.56, 3.97 and 3.84, respectively. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of SICUS were 0.94 and 0.95, 0.91 and 0.97 [sensitivities], and 0.90 and 0.94 [specificities], respectively. The pooled overall log diagnostic odds ratios of SICUS were 4.51, 5.46, and 4.80, respectively.
conclusionIUS is accurate for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal complications in CD. As a non-invasive, point-of-care modality, IUS is recommended as the first-line imaging tool if there is a suspicion of CD-related intra-abdominal complications.
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