Difference between revisions of "Negative appendectomy"

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*Relatively common.
*Relatively common.
**Rate higher with ultrasound than CT (8% versus 4% in one series<ref name=pmid26990317>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lee | first1 = J. | last2 = Ko | first2 = Y. | last3 = Ahn | first3 = S. | last4 = Park | first4 = JH. | last5 = Kim | first5 = HJ. | last6 = Hwang | first6 = SS. | last7 = Lee | first7 = KH. | title = Comparison of US and CT on the effect on negative appendectomy and appendiceal perforation in adolescents and adults: A post-hoc analysis using propensity-score methods. | journal = J Clin Ultrasound | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Mar | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1002/jcu.22351 | PMID = 26990317 }}</ref>).
**Rate higher with ultrasound than CT (8% versus 4% in one series<ref name=pmid26990317>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lee | first1 = J. | last2 = Ko | first2 = Y. | last3 = Ahn | first3 = S. | last4 = Park | first4 = JH. | last5 = Kim | first5 = HJ. | last6 = Hwang | first6 = SS. | last7 = Lee | first7 = KH. | title = Comparison of US and CT on the effect on negative appendectomy and appendiceal perforation in adolescents and adults: A post-hoc analysis using propensity-score methods. | journal = J Clin Ultrasound | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Mar | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1002/jcu.22351 | PMID = 26990317 }}</ref>).
**Rate higher in females than males (33% versus 12% in a series assessed with ultrasound in India<ref name=pmid27011482>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Joshi | first1 = MK. | last2 = Joshi | first2 = R. | last3 = Alam | first3 = SE. | last4 = Agarwal | first4 = S. | last5 = Kumar | first5 = S. | title = Negative Appendectomy: an Audit of Resident-Performed Surgery. How Can Its Incidence Be Minimized? | journal = Indian J Surg | volume = 77 | issue = Suppl 3 | pages = 913-7 | month = Dec | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s12262-014-1063-0 | PMID = 27011482 }}</ref>).
**Rate higher in females than males (33% versus 12% in an Indian series assessed with US<ref name=pmid27011482>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Joshi | first1 = MK. | last2 = Joshi | first2 = R. | last3 = Alam | first3 = SE. | last4 = Agarwal | first4 = S. | last5 = Kumar | first5 = S. | title = Negative Appendectomy: an Audit of Resident-Performed Surgery. How Can Its Incidence Be Minimized? | journal = Indian J Surg | volume = 77 | issue = Suppl 3 | pages = 913-7 | month = Dec | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s12262-014-1063-0 | PMID = 27011482 }}</ref>).
*Use for quality control among general surgeons.
*Used for quality control among general surgeons.


==Gross==
==Gross==
48,790

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