Evaluation of concordance among surgeons and pathologists regarding the diagnosis and classification of acute appendicitis in children
Acute appendicitis is the most frequent urgent abdominal surgical pathology in children. Therapeutic decisions in patients who have undergone an appendectomy are made based on the macroscopic findings at the moment of surgery. There is high variability between surgical and histopathological findings.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Eliana Rodr íguez, Juan Valero, Lina Jaramillo, María Teresa Vallejo-Ortega, Luisa Lagos Source Type: research