Comparison of RIPASA and ALVARADO scores for risk assessment of acute appendicitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Giuliana Favara,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Andrea Maugeri,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Martina Barchitta,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Andrea Ventura,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Guido Basile,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Antonella Agodi

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: agodia@unict.it

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-8162

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