title: [From the reason for consultation to the result of consultation in (pediatric) surgery].
abstract: For the first time in the literature we have tried to open up the region of applied surgery to research. We noticed that there are many unsolved problems awaiting clarification. The aim of our study was to find out how often we could come to an exact diagnosis by our consultation. With the help of imaging diagnostic facilities, the chemical pathology laboratory, and histological examination in connection with operation we were usually able to come to an exact diagnosis. However, patients with unclear abdominal pain where it is essential--amongst other diagnoses--to exclude acute appendicitis (as the most common condition with a potentially dangerous, but avoidable outcome) still present a lot of diagnostic problems. There are for example, no appropriate concepts as basis for the nomenclature of such unresolved cases.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Mautner Markhofsches Kinderspital, Wien.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kees
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
vernacular_title: Von der Beratungsursache zum Beratungsergebnis in der (Kinder-)Chirurgie.