• Abdominal imaging · Mar 2003

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    CT of small bowel obstruction in adults.

    • E Delabrousse, N Destrumelle, S Brunelle, C Clair, G Mantion, and B Kastler.
    • Department of Radiology A, CHU Jean Minjoz, 3 Boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
    • Abdom Imaging. 2003 Mar 1;28(2):257-66.

    AbstractThe increasing use of computed tomography in evaluating patients with acute abdominal pain has revolutionized the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in adults. Computed tomography is incontestably the most useful and powerful tool to make positive, topographic, and etiologic diagnoses of small bowel obstruction. Good knowledge of some key signs and rigorous analysis of computed tomographic images by radiologists should lead to improved diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

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