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Essential for US examination in patients with suspected appendicitis is the use of high-resolution transducers in combination with graded compression of the abdomen. Compression is necessary to displace and/ or compress bowel and fat. This not only eliminates gas artifacts, it also reduces the distance from the transducer to the inflamed appendix. The shorter distance allows the use of a high-frequency transducer, which has a limited penetration but a high image quality.
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Puylaert, J.B.C.M. (1990). Examination Technique. In: Ultrasound of Appendicitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84221-4_3
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