Board research at Basrah University College of Medicine discussed the diagnostic value of ultrasound compared to CT scans for patients suspected of acute appendicitis. The research presented by student Sana Mazhar Hassan aims to assess the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound compared to CT scan in a patient with suspected acute appendicitis by reducing unnecessary CT scan and associated radiation exposure. The research concluded the possibility of using ultrasound (sonar) as a first-line imaging method in diagnosing acute appendicitis, but in cases where the matter is ambiguous and has not been discovered, CT scan with dye has an advantage not only in detection but also in providing surgical planning to the surgeon On the basis of different anatomical sites and eliminating other differences of the pain of the right iliac fossa.
