Pre-Operative Imaging can Reduce Negative Appendectomy Rate in Acute Appendicitis.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that the negative appendicectomy rate could be improved by preoperative imaging. The study also showed that implementation of preoperative imaging for suspected appendicitis cases could save costs, allowing better allocation of resources. PMID: 32218624 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Ulster Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Ulster Med J Source Type: research