Role of gastrografin in assigning patients to a non-operative course in adhesive small bowel obstruction

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 830-832

  Roadley, Graeme ^a   Cranshaw, Isaac ^a   Young, Michael ^a   Hill, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gastrografin; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOSE FEEDING; PERITONEUM ADHESION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADHESIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 8444249673     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03183.x     Document Type: Article

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