The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of laparoscopy as a routine approach for the diagnosis of suspected acute appendicitis would probably increase morbidity and mortality for these patients.
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Andersson, R. Laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 390–391 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.85
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