Management of acute appendicitis: an imaging strategy in children.
The pre-operative diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) has markedly changed during the last couple of decades due to the advent of modern imaging technology. Nowadays, the use of imaging has dramatically changed the way we approach children admitted to emergency room for abdominal pain with suspected AA. This change is mainly manifested in our diagnostic strategy.
Neufeld
David
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Department of Surgery, Meir Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Kfar Sava, Israel. neufeldd@clalit.org.il
Vainrib
Michael
M
Buklan
Genady
G
Gutermacher
Michael
M
Paran
Haim
H
Werner
Myriam
M
Rathause
Valeria
V
Zissin
Rivka
R
Lazar
Ludwig
L
Erez
Ilan
I
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies