A simple MRI protocol in patients with clinically suspected appendicitis: Results in 138 patients and effect on outcome of appendectomy

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1175-1183

  Cobben, Lodewijk ^a   Groot, Ingrid ^a   Kingma, Lucas ^a   Coerkamp, Emile ^a   Puylaert, Julien ^a   Blickman, Johan ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Gastrointestinal; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249134623     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1270-9     Document Type: Article

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