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Table 2 Total counts of patients grouped according to the intraoperative CD consistency and the according sound extinction

From: Preoperative planning of calcium deposit removal in calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff - possible contribution of computed tomography, ultrasound and conventional X-Ray

US

 

Soft/Liquid (n)

Solid (n)

  

TP

No Sound Extinction (n)

22

4

26

PPV Soft/Liquid/NPVSolid 84.6

TN

Sound Extinction (n)

19

106

125

PPV Solid/NPVSoft/Liquid 84.8

  

41

110

151

 
 

Specifity

96.4

53.7

  
 

Sensitivity

53.7

96.4

  
  1. Specifity and sensitivity to diagnose a soft or solid deposit and positive (PPV and negative (NPV) predictive value of the USs have been calculated.