Ultrasound Should be Used First Before CT for Female Pelvic Exams
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By Greg Freiherr - Imaging Technology News
June 04, 2015
"Doing a CT scan first for female patients with lower abdominal pain is dangerous, wasteful and expensive," said Benacerraf in a prepared statement. The clinical professor in obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive biology and radiology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, went on to say, "We must educate the medical community to consider adopting 3-D ultrasound as the first assessment tool for specific gynecologic indications, such as evaluating the uterus for Mí¼llerian anomalies or localization of IUDs or other intracavitary lesions."
