The use of laparoscopy in the management of right iliac fossa pain.
Fourty-six patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis were laparoscoped before exploration. As a result the diagnosis was revised in 10 patients (22%). With experience the laparoscopic features of appendicitis can be recognised confidently so reducing the number of normal appendices removed.
D000005:Abdomen; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology