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DOI:10.2214/AJR.04.0815
AJR 2005; 185:1036-1044
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Pictorial Essay

Imaging of Acute Small-Bowel Obstruction

Savvas Nicolaou1, Brian Kai2, Stephen Ho3, Jenny Su4 and Karim Ahamed5

1 Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
2 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
3 Department of Radiology, Gastrointestinal Radiology, Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
5 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this pictorial essay is to review the different imaging techniques used for diagnosing small-bowel obstruction.

CONCLUSION. Small-bowel obstruction is a common presentation, for which safe and effective management depends on a rapid and accurate diagnosis. Conventional radiographs remain the first line of imaging. CT is used increasingly more because it provides essential diagnostic information not apparent from radiographs. MRI may play a role in the future as technology improves and it becomes more readily available.


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