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Appendicitis

Known as: Appendizitis, Acute Appendicitis, Appendicite 
Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
National Institutes of Health

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Acute appendicitis NOS (disorder)Ruptured Appendicitis
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Inflammation

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries
Review
2005
Review
2005
Acute appendicitis: added diagnostic value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels at multi-detector row CT.
PURPOSE To assess retrospectively the added value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels obtained with 16-section multi… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Right lower quadrant pain in children caused by omental infarction.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Is there a role for abdominal computed tomographic scans in appendicitis?
OBJECTIVE To better define the effectiveness of abdominal computed tomographic scanning (ACTS) in adult patients with suspected… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Let us shorten antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy in surgery.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Ulcerative appendicitis in universal and nonuniversal ulcerative colitis.
Ulcerative appendicitis (UA), the appendiceal counterpart of ulcerative colitis (UC), is frequently present in colectomy… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
CT of appendicitis and diverticulitis.
CT scans have made a significant impact on the diagnosis and staging of those gastrointestinal disorders that are associated with… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The anatomy of appendicitis.
Acute appendicitis is a common disorder and, ideally, should be diagnosed prior to the onset of gangrene or perforation… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
A feasibility study of computer aided diagnosis in appendicitis.
In this study, the hypothesis that computer aided diagnosis could enable a more accurate differentiation between patients with… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Ovarian tumors in infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
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