Diagnosis of transmesocolic internal hernia as a complication of retrocolic gastric bypass: CT imaging criteria

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-55

  Reddy, Suraj A ^a   Yang, Caroline ^a   McGinnis, Leslie A ^a   Seggerman, Richard E ^a   Garza, Ernesto ^a   Ford III, Kenneth L ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; CT; Emergency radiology; Gastrointestinal radiology; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROCOLIC GASTRIC BYPASS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STOMACH BYPASS; SYMPTOM; TRANSMESOCOLIC INTERNAL HERNIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESOCOLON; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250895609     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0898     Document Type: Article

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