Why the study?
Does the increased use of pre-operative CT scans reduce the negative appendicectomy rate in adult patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy?
Population
874 adult patients who underwent an appendicectomy on emergency basis in the years 2004, 2009 and 2014 in a…
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Stabilization of negative appendicectomy rates despite rising CT use after 2009; leaves open whether routine preoperative imaging further reduces unnecessary surgery.
Does the increased use of pre-operative CT scans reduce the negative appendicectomy rate in adult patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy?
Despite an increase in pre-operative CT scans, the negative appendicectomy rate remained fairly static between 2009 and 2014.
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