Is pelvic ultrasound useful in the clinical assessment and management of women with right iliac fossa pain? A single-centre retrospective study

CONCLUSIONS: In patients who underwent operative management, a negative finding or finding not requiring surgical management was associated with no preoperative imaging. This supports the use of ultrasound scans as an adjunct in a multimodal approach to the assessment of women presenting with RIF pain.PMID:38578035 | DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2023.0098

Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - April 5, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: H R Standing K F Boag E C Hamstead S R Vaughan-Williams M T Hughes Abp Peckham-Cooper Source Type: research