Comparison of Ripasa and Alvarado scoring systems in diagnosis of acute appendicitis
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The diagnosis of acute appendicitis is mainly based on clinical examination and various diagnostic scores are available. We compared Alvarado and RIPASA scoring systems for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and their negative appendectomy rate in 100 patients of appendicitis.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017