Diagnosis of Appendicitis Using Ultrasound

Abstract

Ultrasound is a technology using ultrasound in medical imaging, and uses sound waves with frequencies greater 20 kHz; which greater than the frequencies that the human’s ears hear. The idea of the work of those medical devices depends on the ultrasound waves that fall on the body and reflected from it. Ultrasound is the gold standard for detection of soft tissue. This study aims to determine the fundamental changes in the image of ultrasound of appendicitis. The study was conducted on a sample containing the suspected infected with appendicitis, the patients were prepared and ultrasound examinations were performed by a number of ultrasonic machines. A total of 38 patients were examined in both the Khartoum Teaching Hospital (KTH) and East Nile Hospital, typical in the period from September to December 2011. The average age of the patients (21 ± 6) years. The study showed that the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis leads to see how the appendix inflamed or not, and this by either a presence of fluid collections around it or the mass. Finally, the ultrasound is the first choice for diagnosis of appendicitis.