Ultrasonographic evidence of ileus.
Twenty-seven patients with ileus were assessed using ultrasound and the related variables suggestive of ileus are presented. If special attention is directed to these variables when a patient complains of nausea, vomiting, colicky abdominal pain and so forth, this entity can be diagnosed early and accurately. Since the distended, air-filled loops of bowel are not so readily recognized, the combined use of X-ray and ultrasound will aid in a follow-up study during treatment as well as in the diagnosis.
Murao
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F
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
Aoki
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S
Takamiya
O
O
Hata
T
T
Kutao
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography