Comparison between Predicted Position of Appendix on Clinical Examination and Position of Appendix as an Intraoperative Finding in Patients with Clinically Suspected Acute Appendicitis

INTRODUCTION diagnosis. Total leucocyte count and other A c u t e a b d o m e n i s t h e c o m m o n e s t investigations should be used as diagnostic aid in emergency and the most common cause of acute doubtful cases but they don't replace the clinical 1 abdomen in-turn is acute appendix . In present 2 skills of General Surgeons . Clinical evaluation of time where modern diagnostic investigations are the pat ient is more sensi t ive in correct ly somewhat replacing the importance of clinical categorizing those who need appendicectomy than examination, a thorough clinical assessment still the ultrasound examination. Although the latter can be used in suspected cases and to rule out other pa thologica l condi t ions resul t ing in acute 3 abdomen .