Results: Three hundred ninety-four patients underwent appendectomy in 1995 versus ... the use of CT significantly reduces the negative laparotomy rate without increasing the perforation rate.

Selective use of CT is associated with a reduction in nontherapeutic laparotomy rate in patients in whom the diagnosis of appendicitis is in question after a thorough clinical evaluation.

A recent retrospective analysis by Low and colleagues compared the use of laparotomy, MRI, and serum cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels for the detection of residual tumor in women treated for ...