title: Laparoscopic treatment for small bowel obstruction: report of a case.
abstract: An unusual case of small bowel obstruction in a patient with "virgin abdomen" was successfully diagnosed and the localized pathology was elucidated by a computed tomography scan, and the case was successfully treated by laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
authors.forename: Hester Yui Shan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Wing Tai
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Kwok Kay
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: John Kam Wai
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Chung Ngai
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Michael Ka Wah
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome