Is imaging necessary for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
Weyant
Michael J
MJ
Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
Eachempati
Soumitra R
SR
Maluccio
Mary A
MA
Barie
Philip S
PS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures