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tomography and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of equivocal acute appendicitis A meta-analysis Khayal A. Al-Khayal, MD, Mohammed A. Al-Omran, MD, MSc. Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen.1 Approximately 7 % of the population will have appendicitis,2 with the peak incidence occurring between the ages of 10-30 years.3 Treatment of acute appendicitis has remained the same since the introduction of surgical removal of the inflamed appendix as the curative therapy in 1886.4 Newer techniques for removal, including laparoscopy, have been developed, but most advances in the management of appendicitis have come in the form of diagnostic techniques.5 The surgical goal is to operate early before appendiceal perforation, which increases the risk of postoperative complication