Routine Computed Tomography Versus Selective Imaging: An Audit of Negative Appendicectomy Rates in Two Hospitals

Introduction There are a variety of conflicting recommendations in the literature for pre-operative imaging in acute appendicitis. There is debate over what the ideal imaging protocol is to lower the negative appendicectomy rate (NAR) without increasing missed appendicitis. The aim of this study is...

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Autores principales: Symonds, Tristan, Buschel, Helen, Avramovic, John, Palamuthusingam, Pranavan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36632248
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32389

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36632248
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32389

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