Comparative Study of Microwave Radiometry and Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis
Comparative Study of Microwave Radiometry and Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis
This study will evaluate the use of microwave radiometry in a population of patients
 diagnosed with acute appendicitis and treated with appendectomy. The main purpose of the
 study is to report the results of microwave radiometry as a diagnostic tool in acute
 appendicitis and compare those results with the commonly used ultrasonography.
Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis from the emergency department of Hippocration
 General Hospital and treated with appendectomy will be evaluated with microwave radiometry
 for changes in the temperature of the appendix before its removal.

 Subsequently, the results of microwave radiometry for the patients confirmed by the
 histopathology report to have acute inflammation of the appendix, will be compared with those
 of the ultrasonography used for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Clinical diagnosis of appendicitis

 -  Surgical removal of appendix

 -  Pathological confirmation of appendicitis

 Exclusion Criteria:

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