Faecaliths do not predict severity of acute appendicitis

Br J Surg. 2022 Jun 14;109(7):638-639. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac118.

Authors

Samuel Hawkins¹, Mitchell Miller¹, Hongfa Zhu¹, Meiyi Shi¹, Tania Zielonka¹, Melissa Blatt¹, Yen-Hong Kuo², Stephen M Cohn¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Surgery, Radiology, and Pathology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
² Office of Research Administration, Hackensack Meridian Health, 19 Davis Avenue, Neptune, New Jersey 07753, USA.

PMID: 35531748
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac118

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Appendectomy
Appendicitis* / diagnosis
Appendicitis* / surgery
Fecal Impaction* / diagnosis
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index