background:   acute appendicitis is the most common emergency operation in the world. considering negative appendectomy, it is necessary to use accurate diagnostic methods to lower the rate. this study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of abdominal sonography in comparison to clinical alvarado criteria in patients with suspected appendicitis. methods:   370 patients with suspected appen...

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı acil servise başvuran ve akut apandisit tanısı ile apendektomi yapılan hastalarda Alvarado RIPASA skorlarının etkinliğini incelemektir. Gereç Yöntemler: Akut alan hastaların incelendiği tek merkezli, retrospektif bir çalışma olarak planlandı. Çalışmamızda, post-operatif histopataolojik tanıları altın standart kabul edilerek, hastalardan başlangıç muayenelerinde bakılan...

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine and is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute [4] Investigator. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, 24 February 1964, Sánchez Alvarado left his home to pursue education in the United States, where he received a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology and chemistry from Vanderbilt Universi...

BACKGROUND Although special features of acute appendicitis in the elderly have been described in some studies, no studies evaluating the applicability of appendicitis scores exist in the literature. The aim of this study was to compare Alvarado and Lintula scores in patients older than 65 years of age. METHODS Patients older than 65 years with appendicitis confirmed by pathology report were m...

BACKGROUND Decision-making in patients with acute appendicitis poses a diagnostic challenge worldwide, despite much advancement in abdominal surgery. The Modified Alvarado Scoring System (MASS) has been reported to be a cheap and quick diagnostic tool in patients with acute appendicitis. However, differences in diagnostic accuracy have been observed if the scores were applied to various populat...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to construct a new scoring system for more accurate diagnostics of acute appendicitis. Applying the new score into clinical practice could reduce the need of potentially harmful diagnostic imaging. METHODS This prospective study enrolled 829 adults presenting with clinical suspicion of appendicitis, including 392 (47%) patients with appendicitis. The collec...