Prospective Study of Acute Appendicitis with its Clinical, Radiological Profile and Scoring System in Tertiary Care Hospital

Acute appendicitis is the most common condition encountered in general surgical practice. Alvarado and Modified Alvarado Scores (MASS) are the commonly used scoring systems for its diagnosis, but its performance has been found to be poor in certain populations. Hence, we compared the RIPASA score with MASS, to find out which is a better diagnostic tool for acute appendicitis in the Indian population.