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Patients were placed in supine position with full urinary bladder at the time of the UHCT.
In the remaining 201 patients, sensitivity and specificity of UHCT in diagnosing calculi was 99% and 98% respectively while +ve and -ve predictive value was 99% and 98% respectively.
This last characteristic of UHCT is valuable in diagnosing many significant diseases earlier in their course, which may be helpful in decreasing the associated morbidity.
Since the pioneering study on the role of UHCT in the evaluation of ureteric colic by Smith et al [ 1 ] in 1995, a number of studies have shown the superiority of non-contrast enhanced CT over IVU and Ultrasonography [ 2 3 4 5 ] . Its sensitivity and specificity is reported to be more than 95% and 96 % respectively [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] . An important disadvantage is a higher radiation dose to the patient [ 7 ] . Denton [ 8 ] noted a difference of 2.5 mSv versus 4.7 mSv in the radiation dose to the patient between IVU and UHCT performed for renal colic.
In a large series of 1000 UHCT for suspected renal/ureteric colic, Katz [ 13 ] reported 101 patients (10%) with alternative or incidental diagnosis.
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