title: Radiological aspects of the small bowel after extensive resection in children.
abstract: The authors present radiological aspects of small bowel after extensive resection. They describe the main phenomena related to compensatory hypertrophy: dilatation of the loops, mucosal fold-thickening and motor disturbances. The main complications demonstrated by the radiological examination are presented; gallstones, non-functioning anastomosis, bacterial overgrowth.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography