PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging to diagnose acute appendicitis. METHODS Abdominal ultrasonography (US) and ARFI imaging were performed in 53 patients that presented with right lower quadrant pain, and the results were compared with those obtained in 52 healthy subjects. Qualitative evaluation of the pati...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether diagnosis by graded compression ultrasonography improves clinical outcomes for patients with suspected appendicitis. DESIGN A randomised controlled trial comparing clinical diagnosis (control) with a diagnostic protocol incorporating ultrasonography and the Alvarado score (intervention group). SETTING Single tertiary referral centre. PARTICIPANTS 302 patien...

In the field of General Surgery AA is frequent clinical condition for which patients who need emergency surgery present with abdominal pain.1 Diagnosis this pathology made help history, patient symptoms, and exam lab investigations. Ultrasonography (USG) computed tomography (CT) images acute appendicitis should be considered.2 Methodology: The purpose study to compare diagnostic accuracy Modifi...

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, accounting for about one-third of patients presenting to emergency services with acute abdomen. Surgeons perform about 280,000 appendectomies per year in the United States [1-3]. Despite the high prevalence, its diagnosis remains a challenge mainly among young, elderly and women of childbearing age, where a number of ot...

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, accounting for about one-third of patients presenting to emergency services with acute abdomen. Surgeons perform about 280,000 appendectomies per year in the United States [1-3]. Despite the high prevalence, its diagnosis remains a challenge mainly among young, elderly and women of childbearing age, where a number of ot...