Leire Garcia-Iza1, Amaia Guisasola2, Ane Ugarte3, Juan Jose Navarro3, Miren Goiburu3, Xabier Altuna3. 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donostia University Hospital, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. leire.garcia.iza@gmail.com. 2. Department of Radiology, Osatek, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. 3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donostia University Hospital, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness and reliability of this technique in our center, correlating the radiological and surgical findings and to study the influence of the learning curve by comparing the initial results with a radiological analysis performed 3 years after. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: 67 patients with clinical cholesteatoma suspicion were included in the study, 24 with previously not operated cholesteatoma and 43 with suspicion of recurrent or residual cholesteatoma. All of them underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, comparing these results with the histological confirmation after surgery. At 3 years, a blind radiological review of these cases was performed and the results were compared with those obtained after the first assessment to objectify the influence of the learning curve. RESULTS: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the total sample were 93.9, 77.8, 92 and 82.4. The overall results after the blind review of the cases were 95.9, 94.4, 97.9 and 89.5, respectively. CONCLUSION: The diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is a very useful technique during the diagnostic process of doubtful cases of cholesteatoma, especially in cases of follow-up. As for the influence of the learning curve, we observed a clear improvement in the specificity of the test.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness and reliability of this technique in our center, correlating the radiological and surgical findings and to study the influence of the learning curve by comparing the initial results with a radiological analysis performed 3 years after. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. METHODS: 67 patients with clinical cholesteatoma suspicion were included in the study, 24 with previously not operated cholesteatoma and 43 with suspicion of recurrent or residual cholesteatoma. All of them underwent diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, comparing these results with the histological confirmation after surgery. At 3 years, a blind radiological review of these cases was performed and the results were compared with those obtained after the first assessment to objectify the influence of the learning curve. RESULTS: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the total sample were 93.9, 77.8, 92 and 82.4. The overall results after the blind review of the cases were 95.9, 94.4, 97.9 and 89.5, respectively. CONCLUSION: The diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is a very useful technique during the diagnostic process of doubtful cases of cholesteatoma, especially in cases of follow-up. As for the influence of the learning curve, we observed a clear improvement in the specificity of the test.
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Cholesteatoma; Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging; EPI DW-MRI; Middle ear cholesteatoma; Non-EPI DW-MRI; Second-look surgery
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