Appendicectomy for Uncomplicated Simple Appendicitis: Is It Always Required?

Table 1

Alvarado score for diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Feature	Score
Migratory pain	1
Anorexia	1
Nausea	1
Tenderness in right lower quadrant	2
Rebound pain	1
Elevated temperature	1
Leukocytosis	2
Shift of white blood cells count to the left	1
Total	10

Alvarado score: 0–4: unlikely appendicitis; 5-6: equivocal for appendicitis; 7-8: probably appendicitis; 9-10: most likely appendicitis (Table 1 is from Neupane et al. [5] under the Creative Commons Attribution License/Public Domain).