Detection of pinpoint tenderness on the appendix under ultrasonography is useful to confirm acute appendicitis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1136-1140

  Soda, Kuniyasu ^a,b   Nemoto, Kazunari ^b   Yoshizawa, Shuuichi ^b   Hibiki, Taro ^b   Shizuya, Kayoko ^b   Konishi, Fumio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishioka Dai Ichi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034815619     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.10.1136     Document Type: Article

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