Diagnosis and classification of pediatric acute appendicitis by artificial intelligence methods: An investigator-independent approach.

Acute appendicitis is one of the major causes for emergency surgery in childhood and adolescence. Appendectomy is still the therapy of choice, but conservative strategies are increasingly being studied for uncomplicated inflammation. Diagnosis of acute appendicitis remains challenging, especially du...

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Main Authors: Josephine Reismann, Alessandro Romualdi, Natalie Kiss, Maximiliane I Minderjahn, Jim Kallarackal, Martina Schad, Marc Reismann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222030