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Role of colonoscopy
What is the role of colonoscopy in identifying appendicitis. Can colonoscopy detect appendicitis accurately than CT scan or ultrasound.
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There is very less or even no role of colonoscopy in appendicitis . Appendicitis can be clinically Diagnosed,
Usg and ct are just to confirm and rule out other pain pathology in abdomen mimicking appendicitis like right ureteric calculi
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Colonoscopy is not routinely done in appendicitis. Colonoscopy is done if patient have atypical presentation and the diagnostic imaging ( USG / CT ) is inconclusive.
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Appendicitis is mostly a clinical diagnosis
Colonoscopy has no role in appendicitis
Ultrasound and CT are having minimal role only to exclude the other causes of abdominal pain
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
Urologist
11 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Appendicitis along with clinical diagnosis, imagings like ultrasound abdomen/ CT abdomen with other blood parameters like TLC
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