title: Role of CT in evaluating patients with small-bowel obstruction.
abstract: The accurate and rapid diagnosis of acute small-bowel obstruction has troubled surgeons and radiologists for more than a century. With the advent of CT, solving the problem is now a possibility. CT can accurately diagnose obstruction, determine the likely cause and location, and even suggest whether there is associated bowel ischemia or strangulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Frager
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods