Structured management of patients with suspected acute appendicitis
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Cover illustration: A farmer from Devon, England, 1942, with the divine power of finding water using only his hands and a hazel twig.
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HOW TO APPROACH THE PATIENT SUSPECTED OF HAVING ACUTE APPENDICITIS, INTRODUCING NEW CRITERIA: (TWO OUT OF THREE)
ABSTRACT Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute surgical abdomen. Inspite of the introduction of ultrasonography, computed tomography scanning and laparoscopy in the years 1987-1997 the difficulty in accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis has remained the same. Our way of reaching a decision for operating in a patient suspected of having acute appendicitis (which wi...
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