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Intravenous Contrast Agent in Abdominal CT: Is It Really Needed to Identify the Cause of Bowel Obstruction? Proof of Concept [PDF]

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
Background. To compare sensitivity of unenhanced computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced CT for the identification of the etiology of bowel obstruction. Materials and Methods.
Federica Vernuccio, Dario Picone, Gregorio Scerrino, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla, Giuseppe Salvaggio   +6 more
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Clinical Case of a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction and Multiple Diospirobesoaras of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2020
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is 3-4% of all abdominal acute diseases. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoars is rare (2-4%), and is detected mainly in patients with predisposing risk factors: gastrointestinal motility disorders, psychiatric diseases ...
A. S. Harutyunyan, V. D. Levitsky, V. V. Kiselev, P. A. Yartsev, A. V. Vodyasov, N. V. Shavrina   +5 more
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Small Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2018
Identifying patients with small bowel obstruction who need operative intervention and those who will fail nonoperative management is a challenge. Without indications for urgent intervention, a computed tomography scan with/without intravenous contrast should be obtained to identify location, grade, and etiology of the obstruction.
Katie Love, Bower, Daniel I, Lollar, Sharon L, Williams, Farrell C, Adkins, David T, Luyimbazi, Curtis E, Bower   +5 more
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Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to an Ingested Iron "Stay Fresh" Pack. [PDF]

Cureus
Taylor RD, Kehrt Z.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Phytobezoar: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Phytobezoar is an unusual cause of small bowel obstruction. It accounts for about 0.4%-4% of all mechanical bowel obstruction. However, the symptoms are not very different from those caused by usual aetiologies of small bowel obstruction.
Anupama Pujar K., Sreekar Pai A., Bharati Hiremath V.   +2 more
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Successful Vaginal Delivery during Acute Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
Small bowel obstruction during pregnancy is rare and can be detrimental to both mother and fetus. In most cases, management eventually involves surgical intervention.
Angela J. Stephens, Stephen M. Wagner, Beth L. Pineles, Eleazar E. Soto   +3 more
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Outcomes of obstructed abdominal wall hernia: results from the UK national small bowel obstruction audit

BJS Open, 2020
Background Abdominal wall hernia is a common surgical condition. Patients may present in an emergency with bowel obstruction, incarceration or strangulation.
National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Steering Group and National Audit of Small Bowel Obstruction Collaborators, NASBO Steering Group, NASBO Collaborators, West Midlands Research Collaborative   +3 more
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Sigmoid carcinoma with sigmoid-rectal intussusception presenting as rectal prolapse and large bowel obstruction in the ED

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Intestinal obstruction is a surgical emergency with most cases being small bowel obstruction. Large bowel obstruction is comparatively uncommon and colonic malignancies are a usual cause.
Pallabi Mazumdar, Pawan Kumar, Glory Katiyar, Muniza Mulla, Sanjay Sardessai   +4 more
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Appendiceal Mucinous Tumor Presenting as Recurrent Bowel Obstruction

Diagnostics, 2022
Appendiceal mucinous tumors are rare, with variable malignant potential, and they are usually found incidentally. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific. Rarely, appendiceal mucinous neoplasm causes bowel obstruction and makes diagnosis more difficult.
Wei-Tang Lin, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Wei-Yu Chen, Wilson T. Lao   +3 more
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Small bowel obstruction [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2013
Key Clinical MessageGallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis, but an established cause of mechanical small bowel obstruction in elderly patients. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality as most patients are elderly with multiple comorbidities. Surgery of choice is enterolithotomy.
Saurabh, Shireesh, Singh, Namrata
openaire   +2 more sources