Does CT Reduce the Rate of Negative Laparoscopies for Acute Appendicitis? A Single-Center Retrospective Study

In surgical practice, surgeons request CT scans to rule out acute appendicitis, even in young patients. We aimed to assess the feasibility of using a CT scan to reduce the rate of negative laparoscopies in patients younger than 40 with equivocal signs of acute appendicitis. Therefore, we conducted a...

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Autores principales: Wagner, Pedro de J, Haroon, Muthana, Morarasu, Stefan, Eguare, Emmanuel, Al-Sahaf, Osama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Carol Davila University Press 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32341697
http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2019-0099

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32341697
http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2019-0099

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