ROUTINE ULTRASOUND IN THE DIAGNOSTIC OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Authors
NIEBUHR H NAHRSTEDT U BORN O
Citation
H. Niebuhr et al., ROUTINE ULTRASOUND IN THE DIAGNOSTIC OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS, Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 123, 1998, pp. 26-28
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044409X
Volume
123
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
4
Pages
26 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-409X(1998)123:<26:RUITDO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A prospective trial reveals that routine ultrasound in suspected appen dicitis in the hands of experts can lead to a specifity of 94 % and a sensitivity of 90 % in opposite to 82 % and 78 % for clinical findings alone. The rate of ''negative laparotomies'' has decreased from 22 % to 11 %.