Comparative adequacy of conventional radiography, ultrasonography and computed tomography in sixty-one consecutive patients with gastrointestinal perforation;Sessantuno pazienti consecutivi con perforazione gastrointestinale: Radiologia tradizionale, ecografia e Tomografia Computerizzata a confronto, con riferimento all'orario di esecuzione delle indagini

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-755

  Grassi, Roberto ^a,e   Di Mizio, Roberto ^b   Pinto, Antonio ^c   Cioffi, Annamaria ^c   Romano, Luigia ^a   Rotondo, Antonio ^d  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Massimo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen, gastrointestinal perforation; CT; GI perforation, conventional radiography; US

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030162002     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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