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Current use of computed tomographic urography: survey of the society of uroradiology
Brent A Townsend1, Stuart G Silverman, Koenraad J Mortele
1Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. btownsend@partners.org
Objective:
To determine uroradiologists' opinions and practices regarding computed tomographic (CT) urography.
Methods:
A Web-based survey was sent via e-mail to all 259 members of the Society of Uroradiology. Of the 229 successfully delivered e-mails, 90 (39%) members responded.
Results:
Of 90 uroradiologists, 87% perform CT urography. Compared with intravenous (IV) urography, 69% of uroradiologists use CT urography more than 75% of the time urinary tract imaging is requested; 27% stated that CT urography has completely replaced IV urography. Most uroradiologists perform CT urography using multidetector-row CT alone (79%) and use a 3-phase technique (52%) using a single injection (76%) of contrast material at 3 mL/s (52%) without a compression device (81%) and with the patient in supine position (80%).
Conclusions:
Most uroradiologists use CT urography in their practice today; some no longer perform IV urography. Variability in multidetector-row CT technique suggests that more research is needed to determine the optimal protocol.
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