Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Pathologic Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Right-lower-quadrant Abdominal Pain that May Benefit from Appendectomy

Background Chronic pains of the right lower quadrant of the abdomen (RLQA) remain a challenging problem worldwide, especially in areas with limited technical background; chronic appendicitis is still a subject of controversy. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical and paraclinical data of patients with chronic pains of RLQA who had an appendectomy performed.