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About this report3ie accepted the final version of the report, Impacts of electronic case management systems on court congestion in the Philippines, as partial fulfilment of requirements under grant PWP.03.SC.IE awarded through Country Policy Window -Philippines. The content has been copy-edited and formatted for publication by 3ie.The 3ie technical quality assurance team for this report comprises Stuti Tripathi, Rosaine Yegbemey, Tara Kaul, Kirthi V Rao, Sayak Khatua, an anonymous external impact evaluation design expert reviewer and an anonymous external sector expert reviewer, with overall technical supervision by Marie Gaarder and Emmanuel Jimenez. The statistical analysis code used in generating the results in this study is available on 3ie's Harvard Dataverse. We are unable to make the datasets publicly available due to confidentiality requirements agreed between the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 3ie and the Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). However, 3ie has reviewed and quality assured replication for datasets used in this evaluation. The 3ie editorial production team for this report comprises
Image guided cytology is emerging as less invasive, cost effective procedure with remarkable sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic yield to enhance the diagnostic accuracy of imaging modalities for deep seated lesion. Aim: The aim of our study was to analyse the usefulness of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of intraabdominopelvic masses and to assess the cytomorphological features of various lesions with their Age and sex distribution pattern.
Materials and Methods:The study included 57 clinically and radiologically suspected palpable and non-palpable intraabdominopelvic lesions. USG guided FNAC was done in all the nonpalpable lesion and for a few selected palpable lesions. Giemsa's and Papanicolaou's stains were used. Results: Cases were reported in age range of 2-78 years with a M: F of 1.3:1. There were 37 (64.91%) malignant, 15 (26.31%) benign and 5 (8.77%) inconclusive cases. Liver and gallbladder were most common involved sites. This study showed 100% specificity and 95% sensitivity for malignant lesions. Diagnostic yield was 91.2%. Conclusion: USG guided FNA cytology is a simple and safe procedure. It can be utilized as a pre-operative procedure for the management of intra-abdominopelvic lesions.
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