ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Objective: To evaluate the role of sonography in diagnosis ofacute appendicitis, with an emphasis on early evolution cases.Methods: From 240 cases with the diagnosis of appendicitis, aretrospective study of 149 patients submitted to appendicectomyat the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, in 2002, was carried out.The appendix of Animal Patch these

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