Reliability of ultrasonography for diagnosing acute appendicitis;Akut apandisitte ultrasonografinin güvenilirliǧi

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-22

  Gökçe, Aylin Hande ^a   Aren, Acar ^a   Gökçe, Feridun Suat ^b   Dursun, Nevra ^a   Barut, Abdullah Yü ksel ^a  

^a Istanbul Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Balikli Rum Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Negative appendectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79251590290     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.82195     Document Type: Article

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