Prenatal diagnosis of LUTO: how to improve diagnostic accuracy.

CONCLUSIONS: We propose a clinical score that combines five antenatal variables for the prospective diagnosis of congenital LUTO. This score showed good discriminative capacity in predicting LUTO, and better diagnostic accuracy compared to the classic US triad. Future studies to validate these results are needed in order to refine the antenatal management of LUTO and prevent inappropriate fetal interventions.
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Source: The Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology - December 20, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Fontanella F, Duin LK, Adama van Scheltema PN, Cohen-Overbeek TE, Pajkrt E, Bekker M, Willekes C, Bax CJ, Gracchi V, Oepkes D, Bilardo CM Tags: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research