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The time taken to make these decisions were noted. Surgeons blinded to the ultrasound findings graded adhesions intraoperatively and comparison between sonographic and intraoperative findings made. Women who were scheduled for emergency CS were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Accuracy of preoperative ultrasound to determine no\/mild, moderate and severe adhesions. Secondary outcomes were interobserver correlations and time taken to determine sliding.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      When classified as adhesion and no adhesion, the sliding sign demonstrated a sensitivity of 100.00% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      85.18% to 100.00%), specificity of 100.00% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      92.13% to 100.00%). In predicting presence of moderate intra-abdominal adhesions, a sensitivity of 65.0% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      40.78% to 84.61%) and specificity of 82.98% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      69.19% to 92.35%) was found. For predicting severe intra-abdominal adhesions, it had a sensitivity of 25.00% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      0.63% to 80.59%) and specificity of 98.41 (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      91.47 to 99.96). Disease prevalence for mild, moderate and severe adhesions was 33.82% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      22.79% to 46.32%), 29.85% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      19.28% to 42.27%) and 5.97% (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      1.65% to 14.59%), respectively. Interobserver Cohen\u2019s kappa coefficient and PPA were 0.58 (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      0.39 to 0.76) and 58.82 (CI\n                      <jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>\n                      52.82 to 64.82), respectively. The mean duration to determine sliding sign was 7.56\u00b12.86\u2009s.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study supports the role of transabdominal sliding sign in preoperative prediction of intra-abdominal adhesions in women with previous CS without significant increase in sonography duration. 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