Small-bowel obstruction from adhesive bands and matted adhesions: CT differentiation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-697

  Delabrousse, Eric ^a   Lubrano, Jean ^a   Jehl, Jérome ^a   Morati, Pierre ^a   Rouget, Claude ^a   Mantion, Georges A ^a   Kastler, Bruno A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesions; CT; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63049115726     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1550     Document Type: Article

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