Comparative Study of Alvarado Score and its Modifications in the Preoperative Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis at a Tertiary Center in Sokoto, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Decision-making in patients suspected of having acute appendicitis has remained a diagnostic challenge worldwide despite the advances in imaging and appendiceal surgery. There have been efforts to improve the diagnosis of appendicitis using clinical scoring systems. AIM: We evaluated and...

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Autores principales: Umar, Muktar Muhammad, Abubakar, Ibrahim Umar, Agbo, Stephen P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32165831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njs.NJS_46_19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32165831
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njs.NJS_46_19

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