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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 12/2007

01-12-2007 | Editorial Perspective

Acute Abdominal Pain: Diagnostic Impact of Immediate CT Scanning

Author: Moshe Schein

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 12/2007

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The two invited commentaries about the elegant Swedish study [1] of routine computed tomographic (CT) scanning for acute abdominal pain offer somewhat different philosophies: the one, by Dr. Saadia of Canada [3], tends to support a liberal use of CT scanning. The second, by Dr. Andersson [2] of Sweden, is more skeptical and less enthusiastic, calling for more selective use of abdominal CT scanning. Both commentators make excellent points, but whose “abdominal imaging philosophy” should we support? …
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Title
Acute Abdominal Pain: Diagnostic Impact of Immediate CT Scanning
Author
Moshe Schein
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9214-0

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