title: [Historical changes of diagnostic methods for intestinal obstruction].
abstract: Abstract Intestinal obstruction is one of the earliest diseases known by humanity with its diagnosis experiencing a long course of history, achieving full-grown improvement, attracting worldwide attention. However, there are also some issues worthy of investigation. For example, the diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction is still a challenge; The rate of misdiagnosis is 37% -50%, etc. Thus, long-term efforts may be still needed to solve these problems.
authors.affiliation: First Department of General Surgery, Hainan Provincial people's Hospital, Haikou 570311, China.
authors.forename: Yun-Fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xin-Xin
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction