Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 MRI diagnostic results in detection of preganglionic and postganglionic injury in all cases including adult and obstetric cases compared to operative findings

From: Role of MRI in the diagnosis of adult traumatic and obstetric brachial plexus injury compared to intraoperative findings

MRI	Operative		Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Accuracy (%)	Kappa	p value
MRI	Yes	No	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Accuracy (%)	Kappa	p value
Avulsion
Yes	60	9	86	92	90	0.792	0.000
No	9	107	86	92	90	0.792	0.000
Rupture
Yes	30	2	73	99	97	0.811	0.000
No	11	586	73	99	97	0.811	0.000
Neuroma
Yes	11	0	73	100	99	0.843	0.000
No	4	614	73	100	99	0.843	0.000

MRI magnetic resonance imaging, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value

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