Can negative appendectomy rate be decreased by using spiral computed tomography without contrast material ?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 334-337

  Yetkin, G ^a,b   Basak, M ^a   Isgor A ^a   Kebudi, A ^a   Akgun, I ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy rates; Differential diagnosis; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0036780624     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2002.11679326     Document Type: Article

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