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Imaging of Bowel Obstruction

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Small bowel obstruction is the most common disorder of the small bowel which requires hospital admission and surgical intervention. Small bowel obstruction leads to progressive increase in the intraluminal pressure which can exceed the venous pressure and result in bowel ischemia.

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  1. Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Ajay Singh MD

  2. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Ajay Singh MD

  3. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Mohammad Mansouri MD, MPH

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    Ajay Singh

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Singh, A., Mansouri, M. (2018). Imaging of Bowel Obstruction. In: Singh, A. (eds) Emergency Radiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65397-6_5

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