Is acute appendicitis still misdiagnosed?

Abstract

The optimal diagnostics and treatment of acute appendicitis continues to be a challenge. A false positive diagnosis of appendicitis may lead to an unnecessary operation, which has been appropriately termed negative appendectomy. The aim of our study was to identify the effectiveness of preoperative investigations in preventing negative appendectomy.

Keywords

• acute appendicitis
• negative appendectomy
• delay appendectomy