The role of computed tomography for identifying mechanical bowel obstruction in a Pakistani population

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 871-874

  Shakil, Omair ^a   Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^b   Zia ur Rehman, ^b   Saleem, Sarah ^b   Khan, Rehmatullah ^a   Pal, Khawaja Muhammad Inam ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Karachi; Mechanical; Obstruction; Radiology; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PAKISTANI; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TISSUE ADHESION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860417414     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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