Dear Doctors: I had a pain on the right side of my abdomen. A CT scan found a perforated appendix with an abscess. I was treated with IV antibiotics, and now I am feeling fine. Do I need to have my ...
A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure, ...
A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure, ...
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY However, misdiagnosing a patient with appendicitis will lead to needless surgery, and increases hospital costs ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The chance of having an appendix removed unnecessarily has plummeted since 1996 in the United States, possibly because more doctors are using CT scans to confirm appendicitis ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - When someone has all the signs of acute appendicitis, waiting to get a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis is not a good idea, researchers report. Compared with a ...
Ultrasonography and medical resonance imaging offer similar clinical outcomes as computed tomography scans for detecting pediatric appendicitis, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers found ...
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