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.
Department of Surgery, Meir Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Kfar Sava, Israel. neufeldd@clalit.org.il
David
D
Neufeld
Michael
M
Vainrib
Genady
G
Buklan
Michael
M
Gutermacher
Haim
H
Paran
Myriam
M
Werner
Valeria
V
Rathause
Rivka
R
Zissin
Ludwig
L
Lazar
Ilan
I
Erez
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