Non-traumatic abdominal emergencies: imaging of acute intestinal obstruction.
The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the main clinical questions in bowel obstruction, to discuss the value of various imaging modalities, including conventional radiography, ultrasound, and CT, to underline the impact of imaging in the management of patients with suspect bowel obstruction, and then to suggest a diagnostic triage in such patients.
Taourel
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Département d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 371, avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. p-taourel@chu-montpellier.fr
Kessler
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N
Lesnik
A
A
Blayac
P M
PM
Morcos
L
L
Bruel
J M
JM
D000208:Acute Disease; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology