A Comparative Study between Spiral Computed Tomography and Ultrasound in Detecting Urolithiasis

Abstract

The study was cross sectional study of spiral computed tomography and ultrasound to demonstrate the diagnostic value of computed tomography in diagnosing presence and absence of urolithisiasis and identifying whether computed tomography and ultrasound can lead to accurate diagnosis of urolithiasis and compare between computed tomography and ultrasound in detection of urolithiasis, conducted in Khartoum state in (Asia Hospital, Ahmed Gassem Hospital and Modren Medical Center ), from August to October 2019. The data was collected from 100 patients classified and analyzed using SPSS and the study found that males are more affected by urolithiasis than females (68- 32) respectively, so the age group between(31-40) are more exposed to urolithiasis. The study concluded that the presence of urolithiasis in kidney is detected by both modalities in higher frequency than singular modality and the presence of urolithiasis in bladder is better detected by computer tomography. The presence of urolithiasis in smallest valid of size (˂ 5mm) is better detected by ultrasound, the presence of urolithiasis in (5mm- 10mm) is better detected by computed tomography and the presence of urolithiasis in (˃ 15mm) is better detected by computed tomography.