Diffusion MRI in Appendicitis

Yuksek Ihtisas University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Appendicitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04518436

observational

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging on diagnosis and surgical decision in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Investigators believe that Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is a valuable method in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and in making the decision of surgery.

Enrollment: 164 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with suspected acute appendicitis and scanned by diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Exclusion criteria

• Patients evaluated by CT
• younger than 18 years