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05.01.2022 | Original Article

Reading a preoperative CT scan to guide complex abdominal wall reconstructive surgery

verfasst von: S. T. Adams, D. Slade, P. Shuttleworth, C. West, M. Scott, A. Benson, A. Tokala, C. J. Walsh

Erschienen in: Hernia | Ausgabe 2/2023

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Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) scanning is the imaging modality of choice when planning the overall management and operative approach to complex abdominal wall hernias. Despite its availability and well-recognised benefits there are no guidelines or recommendations regarding how best to read or report such scans for this application. In this paper we aim to outline an approach to interpreting preoperative CT scans in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). This approach breaks up the interpretive process into 4 steps—concentrating on the hernia or hernias, any complicating features of the hernia(s), the surrounding soft tissues and the abdominopelvic cavity as a whole—and was developed as a distillation of the authors’ collective experience. We describe the key features that should be looked for at each of the four steps and the rationale for their inclusion.
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Metadaten
Titel
Reading a preoperative CT scan to guide complex abdominal wall reconstructive surgery
verfasst von
S. T. Adams
D. Slade
P. Shuttleworth
C. West
M. Scott
A. Benson
A. Tokala
C. J. Walsh
Publikationsdatum
05.01.2022
Verlag
Springer Paris
Erschienen in
Hernia / Ausgabe 2/2023
Print ISSN: 1265-4906
Elektronische ISSN: 1248-9204
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-021-02548-9

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