CT Findings that Indicate Pediatric Appendicitis: Lessons from Negative Appendectomies
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Evaluation of Children's Appendicitis Score Compared With Pediatric Appendicitis Score in Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis
Introduction: Identification and promotion of diagnostic methods has been a continuous effort to reduce disease and its complications and reduce costs associated with treatment. Despite all these efforts and improving our knowledge of diseases and diagnostic tools, pediatric appendicitis remains part of the diagnostic challenge in the surgical field. The aim of this is to compare the two diagno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Pediatric Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2635-8778,2635-8786
DOI: 10.13029/aps.2021.27.1.15