SynthesisFrontiers in surgery2021
Abdominal Ultrasound and Its Diagnostic Accuracy in Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Contrast CT for Acute Appendicitis in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnostic agreement between emergency medicine residents after dedicated appendix ultrasound training and radiologists in the ultrasonographic evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis.Emergency radiology · 2026Article
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- Factors associated with increased risk of perforation of acute appendicitis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Assessing the Efficacy of Ultrasound Imaging for Diagnosing Appendicitis in Male Patients: A Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of low dose CT-Scan abdomen in patients with clinical features of acute appendicitis.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Impact of Education and Experience on Radiographers' Ability to Diagnose Acute Appendicitis: A Survey in Private Malaysian Hospitals.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Article
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- Acute Appendicitis in Children: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Efficacy of Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography.Cureus · 2023Article
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- The diagnostic value of the computed tomography scan and ultrasonography in acute appendicitis.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023Article
- A peculiar appendix: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Can The 'Speed Bump Sign' Be a Diagnostic Tool for Acute Appendicitis? Evidence-Based Appraisal by Meta-Analysis and GRADE.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Dynamics of Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Suspected Acute Appendicitis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Commentary: Abdominal Ultrasound and Its Diagnostic Accuracy in Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
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