Current State of Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis

The advantages and disadvantages of current techniques of clinical laboratory and instrumental study in acute appendicitis have been considered. There have been shown prospective directions in the development of diagnostic methods. The possibilities of integral diagnosis of acute appendicitis have been presented in detail.

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