Small-Bowel Obstruction CT Features with Plain Film and US Correlations /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mizio, Roberto Di (Editor), Scaglione, Mariano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Abdominal surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Ultrasound.; Abdominal Surgery.; Emergency Medicine.

Small bowel obstruction is a common but difficult clinical problem in terms of appropriate diagnosis and timely management. In clinical practice, radiologists play a key role in the assessment of small bowel obstruction and can guide physicians toward appropriate and timely management of the many in...

Table of Contents:

• Formation Mechanisms
• Computed Tomography Imaging Pathophysiology
• Computed Tomography Features
• Sonographic Correlations
• Radiological Correlations.