Non-emergency small bowel obstruction: Assessment of CT findings that predict need for surgery

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 982-986

  Deshmukh, Swati D ^a   Shin, David S ^a   Willmann, Juergen K ^a   Rosenberg, Jarrett ^a   Shin, Lewis ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Grade of obstruction; Small bowel feces sign; Small bowel obstruction; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954431789     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1983-4     Document Type: Article

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