Potentialities of echography in the diagnosis of uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children

: Ultrasonography was performed in 97 children admitted to hospital for suspected acute appendicitis. According to the results of primary surgical examinations and the magnitude of clinical manifestations, all the patients were divided into two groups. Group 1 comprised 53 patients with clinically diagnosed acute appendicitis and with a worded indication for an emergency surgical intervention; this group was formed for describing the ultrasonic semiotics of different types of acute appendicitis in children. Group 2 (n = 44) was enrolled to study the differential diagnostic potentialities of echography in the primary diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children with acute stomach ache and they are diagnostically unclear. All echocardiographic findings are supported by intraoperative data and pathohistological evidence. The ultrasonic semiotics of different forms of uncomplicated acute appendicitis is described, the optimal procedure has been developed for examining children with this pathology. The results of the study confirm the high informative value of the proposed algorithm of an echographic examination and sensitivity of the method as to the patients of this group. Thus, the sensitivity of the echographic method in uncomplicated acute appendicitis was 88%.