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Table 3 Total counts of patients grouped according to the intraoperative CD consistency and the according Gärtner classification

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

CX

 

Soft/Liquid

Solid

  

TP

Gärtner 3

16

10

26

PPV Solid/NPVSoft/Liquid 61.5

TN

Gärtner 1+2

25

100

125

PPV Solid/NPVSoft/Liquid 80.0

  

41

110

151

 
 

Specifity

90.9

39.0

  
 

Sensitivity

39.0

90.9

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

ISSN: 1471-2474

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