DOI: 10.36347/SASJS.2019.v05i09.003

Pages: 349-351

Background: Acute appendicitis is most common cause of pain abdomen. The diagnosis of which remain difficult in many cases. Methods: A 87 consecutive patients suspected of acute appendicitis who were admitted in department of surgery, JLN medical college Ajmer, Rajasthan. They were prospectively evaluated using the modified Alvarado scoring (MAS) to determine whether or not they had acute appendicitis. The MAS was correlated with histopathological findings. Results: 64 (true positive) patients who had MAS 7 or more had appendicitis on histopathology while no patients (false positive) had a normal appendix; 9 (false negative) patients with MAS less than 7 had appendicitis and 5(true negative) had a normal appendix removed. Conclusion: This study shows that use of modified Alvarado scoring system in patients with acute appendicitis provides a high degree of diagnostic accuracy