Accuracies of diagnostic methods for acute appendicitis.

Jong Seob Park; Jin Ho Jeong; Jong In Lee; Jong Hoon Lee; Jea Kun Park; Hyoun Jong Moon

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Accuracies of diagnostic methods for acute appendicitis.

April 3, 2013

Park JS, Jeong JH, Lee JI, et al. Am Surg. 2013;79(1):101-106.

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Comparison of diagnostic methods for acute appendicitis found that a strategy relying on ultrasonography as the initial diagnostic test would minimize diagnostic errors.

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