Improving the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in suspected acute appendicitis by the combined transabdominal and transvaginal approach

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Bondi, Moshe ^a   Miller, Rafael ^a   Zbar, Andrew ^b   Hazan, Yenon ^a   Appelman, Zvi ^a   Caspi, Benjamin ^a   Mavor, Eli ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGINA;

EID: 84863179437     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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