A Prospective Study of Efficacy of Combined Cum Comparative Study Using Clinical Scoring System and Radiological Evaluation in Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Abstract

BACKGROUNDAcute appendicitis is one of the most common cause of acute abdomen and surgical emergencies. Failure to make an early diagnosis converts acute appendicitis to perforated appendicitis, a disease with potential complications including wound infection, pelvic abscess, portal pyaemia, septicaemia, and death. Our objective of the study is whether proper clinical examination along with clinical scoring pattern coupled with cost-effective radiological investigations help to improve the diagnosis as confirmed later by operative and histopathological examination to recognise patients without appendicitis to have an alternative diagnosis in these patients with right lower quadrant of abdomen.