Low intra-operative diagnostic accuracy does not affect postoperative treatment of acute appendicitis.
Eric Edward VinckRicardo A VillarrealCarlos Luna-JaspeLuis F CabreraTim F PetersonFelipe BernalCarmen L RoaPublished in: Acta chirurgica Belgica (2019)
An overall accuracy of 60.6% is seen when the surgical classification is compared to the pathological classification. Although the surgeons' accuracy is low when comparing intra-operative versus histopathological classification, this variation in designation does not affect postoperative treatment significantly.