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Table 2.

Reliability of Diagnostic Ureteroscopy Parameters: Selective Cytology, Lesion Appearance, and Tumor Biopsy.

Parameter (n)	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)	PPV (95% CI)	NPV (95% CI)	Test Accuracy (%)
Urine cytology (n=33)	0.6 (0.38–0.81)	0.84 (0.65–1.04)	0.86 (0.67–1.04)	0.58 (0.35–0.80)	69.7
Lesion appearance (n=37)	0.7 (0.5–0.9)	0.23 (0.03–0.44)	0.4 (0.01–0.7)	0.52 (0.33–0.7)	54
Tumor biopsy (n=32)	0.53 (0.29–0.76)	0.8 (0.6–1)	0.75 (0.51–0.99)	0.6 (0.35–0.81)	65

CI, confidence interval; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022 January; 13(1): e0002. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2022 January 27. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10459