This study will evaluate the use of microwave radiometry in a population of patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis and treated with appendectomy. The main purpose of the study is to report the results of microwave radiometry as a diagnostic tool in acute appendicitis and compare those results with the commonly used ultrasonography.
Patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis from the emergency department of Hippocration General Hospital and treated with appendectomy will be evaluated with microwave radiometry for changes in the temperature of the appendix before its removal. Subsequently, the results of microwave radiometry for the patients confirmed by the histopathology report to have acute inflammation of the appendix, will be compared with those of the ultrasonography used for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Microwave radiometry of the right lower quadrant in a room temperature of 20-24 degrees celsius, in order to record changes in the temperature of the inflamed appendix.
Hippocration General hospital
Athens, Attica, Greece
RECRUITINGAppendix Temperature
Microwave radiometry will assess the temperature of the appendix for the patients diagnosed with appendicitis before they undergo surgical removal of the appendix.
Time frame: Baseline
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