Afferent loop obstruction after gastric cancer surgery: Helical CT findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 624-630

  Kim, H C ^a   Han, J K ^a   Kim, K W ^a   Kim, Y H ^b   Yang, H K ^c   Kim, S H ^a   Won, H J ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Choi, B I ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Computed tomography; Stomach, neoplasms; Stomach, surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT LOOP SYNDROME; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HUMAN; INTERNAL HERNIA; MALE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AFFERENT LOOP SYNDROME; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042424972     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0070-y     Document Type: Review

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