Small-Bowel Obstruction: State-of-the-Art Imaging and Its Role in Clinical Management

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-139

  Maglinte, Dean D T ^a   Howard, Thomas J ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a   Sandrasegaran, Kumar ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROHN DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38649086715     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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