title: Is surgery always necessary in patients with abdominal pain and computed tomography-suggested intussusception?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Chap
authors.forename: Jimmie Nelson
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Britt
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult