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Ann Med Res. 2016; 23(1): 26-28


Efficiency of Alvarado Score in Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Faik Tatli, Ugur Ekici, Murat Kanlioz, Orhan Gozeneli, Ali Uzunkoy, Yusuf Yucel, Abuzer Dirican.




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Aim: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain resulting in surgery. This study aims to investigate the efficiency of Alvarado Score (AS) in diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Materials and Method: The files of 185 patients operated due to acute appendicitis between January 2013 and February 2015 were retrospectively examined. The Alvarado Scores of the patients were calculated. The patients were divided into 2 groups as

Key words: Acute appendicitis, Alvarado score, abdominal pain,






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