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Diagnostic Accuracy and Time-Saving Effects of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Small Bowel Obstruction: A Prospective Study.

open access: yesAnnals of Emergency Medicine, 2020
STUDY OBJECTIVE We evaluate the accuracy of point-of-care ultrasonography compared with computed tomographic (CT) scan and assess the potential time-saving effect of point-of-care ultrasonography in diagnosing small bowel obstruction.
K. Boniface   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unusual cause of mechanical ileus: abdominal cocoon syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A 38-year-old black male patient was admitted with diarrhea and nausea over two days and aggravating pain in the meso- and epigastium that resolved after urination.
Ceulemans, Laurens J   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Is liquid-based hyaluronic acid equivalent to sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane to reduce small bowel obstruction in patients undergoing colorectal surgery

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2019
Summary: Objective: We performed a prospective randomized study to assess whether the use of sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane (Seprafilm®) and liquid-based hyaluronic acid and carboxymethyl cellulose solution (Guardix) to reduce ...
Woon Kee Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small Bowel Perforations: What the Radiologist Needs to Know [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The incidence of small bowel perforation is low but can develop from a variety of causes including Crohn disease, ischemic or bacterial enteritis, diverticulitis, bowel obstruction, volvulus, intussusception, trauma, and ingested foreign bodies.
LO RE, G.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical Case of a Patient with Small Bowel Obstruction and Multiple Diospirobesoaras of the Gastrointestinal Tract

open access: yesНеотложная 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the Treitz’s angle– a very rare cause of high bowel obstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are somewhat rare gastrointestinal tumors - approximately 1% to 3% incidence, but they are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract.
Georgescu, Lota Corina   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

open access: yesWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2018
BackgroundAdhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a common surgical emergency, causing high morbidity and even some mortality. The adhesions causing such bowel obstructions are typically the footprints of previous abdominal surgical procedures.
R. T. ten Broek   +40 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes of smooth muscle contractile filaments in small bowel atresia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
AIM: To investigate morphological changes of intestinal smooth muscle contractile fibres in small bowel atresia patients. METHODS: Resected small bowel specimens from small bowel atresia patients (n = 12) were divided into three sections (proximal ...
Fiegel, Henning C.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Association of Surgical Intervention for Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction With the Risk of Recurrence.

open access: yesJAMA Surgery, 2019
Importance Adhesive small-bowel obstruction (aSBO) is a potentially chronic, recurring surgical illness. Although guidelines suggest trials of nonoperative management, the long-term association of this approach with recurrence is poorly understood ...
R. Behman   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gastric Trichobezoar Causing Intermittent Small Bowel Obstruction: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2011
We report the unusual case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with multiple episodes of small bowel obstruction. Initial exploratory lap-roscopy did not reveal an etiology of the obstruction.
Nicole G. Coufal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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