Small bowel obstruction: The role of computed tomography in its diagnosis and management with reference to other imaging modalities

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1405-1422

  Burkill, G ^a   Bell, J ^a   Healy, J ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Computed tomography; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034889298     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300100882     Document Type: Article

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