o bjectives: to evaluate the accuracy of sonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis in patients with alvarado score 4–7. m e thods: this is a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in namazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences during a one year period from 9/2007 to 9/2008. we evaluated all patients with alvarado score 4-7 and divided them in two groups...

a mobile caecum and ascending colon is an uncommon congenital disorder, and it is even rarer as the cause of an acute abdomen during childhood. this report presents the case of a 6-year-old boy with acute gangrenous appendicitis with a mobile caecum and ascending colon. data from the surgical course, as well as laboratory and imaging studies, were acquired and carefully examined. emergency ultr...

Objective: To evaluate the importance of clinical examination in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Design: An observational and descriptive study. Setting: Department of surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad and Islamic International Medical College Hospital Trust, Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi. The period was from October 2001 to January 2003. Patients & Methods: The stu...

aim : the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative abdominal ultrasonography in suspected appendicitis, and equivocal exam. background : acute appendicitis is a common problem and occasional challenging diagnosis in emergency department of every general hospital. patients and methods : within a period of one year from march 2007 through march 2008, all patient with suspecte...

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency. Lockdown and stay-at-home orders are strategies that were implemented globally during acute pandemic period of COVID-19 to prevent disease dissemination, health system overload mortality. However, there concerns patients did not seek necessary care because these rules.Methods: Retrospective observational study was c...

BACKGROUND Appendicitis is a common cause of emergency surgery that in the population undergoing organ transplantation presents a rare incidence due to late diagnosis and treatment. AIM To report the occurrence of acute appendicitis in a cohort of liver transplant recipients. METHODS Retrospective analysis in a period of 12 years among 925 liver transplants, in witch five cases of acute app...

objective: to determine the diagnostic value of blood cells surface markers in patients with acute appendicitis. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 71 patients who underwent appendectomy following a diagnosis of appendicitis were recruited during a one-year period. the patients were divided into two groups: patients with histopathologically confirmed acute appendicitis and subjects with no...

various scoring systems have been devised to aid diagnosis of acute appendicitis. the main objective of this study was finding the accuracy of modified alvarado score in prediction of acute appendicitis. the registries of cases with appendectomy, who had been admitted to a referral medical center in the capital of iran from february 2000 to march 2004, were studied. sensitivity and specificity ...

Introduction: This study aims to provide a comparative evaluation of the clinical and paraclinical diagnosis in patients with acute appendicitis. Methods: After investigation, the cases of 200 patients with symptoms of acute appendicitis who had referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Yasuj-Iran in 2018 year and underwent surgery were examined. Variables of age and sex, pathology results, ultr...