Focused helical CT using rectal contrast material only as the preferred technique for the diagnosis of suspected acute appendicitis: A prospective, randomized, controlled study comparing three different techniques

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1223-1229

  Hershko, Dan D ^a   Awad, Nibal ^a   Fischer, Doron ^a   Mahajna, Ahmad ^a   Guralnik, Ludmila ^a   Israelit, Shlomo H ^a   Krausz, Michael M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Prospective; Selective

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34447641404     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0272-z     Document Type: Article

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