The role of computerized tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in patients with negative ultrasonography findings and a low Alvarado score;Ultrasonografi bulgusu negatif ve alvarado skoru düşük akut apandisit şüpheli olgularda bilgisayarl tomografinin tandaki rolü

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 445-448

  Çag̀layan, Kaism ^a   Günerhan, Yusuf ^b   Koç, Ali ^c   Uzun, Mehmet Ali ^d   Altinli, Ediz ^d   Köksal, Neşet ^d  

^a BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kars State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado score; Appendectomy; Computerized tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957665878     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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