Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN SUBJECTS WITH ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN INDIAN SETUP
Dr Anand Kumar, Dr Madhukar Dayal, Dr Mithilesh Pratap
JCDR. 2023: 1990-1997
Abstract
Background: The most common reason for abdominal surgery in the Indian scenario is attributed to acute appendicitis. Appendicitis is widely assessed with ultrasonography with it being safe, however, it is difficult to be performed on subjects with massive bodies and needs an operator. CT (computed tomography) scans have high accuracy than ultrasonography with accuracy rates of nearly 95%.
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