Materials and methods:
This Cross Sectional Study was carried out at Surgery department at a
tertiary care hospital, Karachi over a period of 6 months, from
15th December 2019 to 15th June
2020. A total of 141 patients of both gender of suspected cases of acute
appendicitis presenting with sign and symptoms were included in the
study. Patients underwent detailed history, general and physical
examination and scoring of patients according to RIPASA scoring scale
and then decision of appendectomy was taken on the basis of RIPASA
score. Removed appendix samples were sent for histopathology.