What is it about?
Preoperative diagnosis of the severity of acute appendicitis is difficult even with current high-quality imagings. The article analyzes its difficulty and shows which scoring system seems useful. The surgeon should combine several factors for evaluation and not rely too much on imaging.
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Why is it important?
The article is important to compare and evaluate current scoring systems.
Perspectives
Several scoring systems have been reported but I think simple and easy to use are very important. It seems impossible to make a perfect scoring system now, so we should utilize the current reported one, not publish a new one.
Kenji Fujiwara
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This page is a summary of: Usefulness of several factors and clinical scoring models in preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis, PLoS ONE, July 2021, PLOS, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255253.
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