CT and Clinical Features of Internal Hernia

Tongji Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: CT Images of Internal Hernia; Clinical Outcomes

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Multi-detector CT scan

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03703752

TJ-10207102

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers retrospectively reviewed patients with internal hernia that confirmed by surgical exploration between Feb. 2012 and Feb. 2018. and analysis the Medical records and MDCT images to investigate the clinical and radiological features of internal hernia.

Full description

51 Patients with definite diagnosis of IH during surgical exploration from Feb. 2012 to Feb. 2018 in our hospital were included in this research. Medical records including MDCT images and intra-operative findings were collected retrospectively. The CT features of different subgroups were also evaluated.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IH confirmed by surgical exploration

Exclusion criteria

• diaphragmatic hernia and traumatic IH

Trial design

51 participants in 2 patient groups

Adhesive IH

Description:

Adhesive IH can further be divided into primary or secondary groups according to the history of abdominal and(or) pelvic surgery

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Multi-detector CT scan

non-adhesive IH

Description:

Non-adhesive IH means the IH resulting from the abnormality of peritoneal structure.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Multi-detector CT scan