Objective: Comparison of computed to-mography and reference imaging intravenous pyelography in anatomical measurements of pelvicalyceal system.
Material and Methods: 47 patients and 59 renal units with both computed tomography and intravenous pyelography images were in-cluded in the study. The measurements of lower pole infundibulopelvic angle, infundibular length and infundibular width were performed in each kidney and the results were compared between computed tomography and intrave-nous pyelography groups.
Results: Of the 47 patients who were taken to study, 21 were female and 26 were male. The mean age of the patients was 42.87. Of the 59 renal units, 26 were left, 33 were right kidney. There was no statistically significant difference between the infundibulopelvic angle, infun-dibular length and infundibular width measure-ments of the patients measured by computed tomography and intravenous pyelography (p = 0.773, p = 0.931, p = 0.850). It was seen that the measurements of both methods correlated to each other.
Conclusion: With similar results to intrave-nous pyelography in the anatomical measure-ments of the pelvicalyceal system, computed tomography may be useful in patients who can not undergo intravenous pyelography imaging for any reason.
Keywords: pelvicalyceal anatomy, com-puted tomography, intravenous pyelography, in-fundibulopelvic angle, infundibular length and infundibular width.
Abstract
Objective: Comparison of computed to-mography and reference imaging intravenous pyelography in anatomical measurements of pelvicalyceal system.
Material and Methods: 47 patients and 59 renal units with both computed tomography and intravenous pyelography images were in-cluded in the study. The measurements of lower pole infundibulopelvic angle, infundibular length and infundibular width were performed in each kidney and the results were compared between computed tomography and intrave-nous pyelography groups.
Results: Of the 47 patients who were taken to study, 21 were female and 26 were male. The mean age of the patients was 42.87. Of the 59 renal units, 26 were left, 33 were right kidney. There was no statistically significant difference between the infundibulopelvic angle, infun-dibular length and infundibular width measure-ments of the patients measured by computed tomography and intravenous pyelography (p = 0.773, p = 0.931, p = 0.850). It was seen that the measurements of both methods correlated to each other.
Conclusion: With similar results to intrave-nous pyelography in the anatomical measure-ments of the pelvicalyceal system, computed tomography may be useful in patients who can not undergo intravenous pyelography imaging for any reason.
Keywords: pelvicalyceal anatomy, com-puted tomography, intravenous pyelography, in-fundibulopelvic angle, infundibular length and infundibular width.