Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Background: Acute Appendicitis (AA) is the most common abdominal surgical emergency. It requires proper management to decrease mortality and morbidity. Clinical scoring systems for diagnosing AA aimed to decrease the use of radiological scans and the rate of negative appendectomies (NA). We aim to a...

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Main Authors: Prof.PhD Mohamed Said Ghali, Dr.MD Samer Hasan, Dr.MD Omer Al-Yahri, Dr.MD Salah Mansor, Dr.MD Mohannad Al-Tarakji, Dr.MD Munzir Obaid, Dr. Amjad Ali Shah, Dr.MD Mona S. Shehata, Dr.MD Rajvir Singh, Prof.PhD Raed M. Al-Zoubi, Dr.MD Ahmad Zarour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023000489