PURPOSE To analyze the CT findings in 20 cases of complicated small bowel obstruction with surgically and histopathologically proven small bowel ischemia, caused by extrinsic venous outflow obstruction of the affected bowel loops and to discuss the question, if bowel wall thickening, abnormal bowel wall enhancement, ascites and mesenteric stranding correlate with the severity of bowel wall dama...

An intestinal obstruction can be divided into mechanical or functional of the small intestine large intestine. This happen if lumen is partially completely blocked. Within common clinical picture you find abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation to and distension. Small bowel obstructions occur more frequently than obstructions. One classifications able divide them in complete, closed han...

encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (eps) is a rare, acquired condition that has been described interchangeablywith peritoneal encapsulation (pe) as well as abdominal cocoon. eps causes complications for peritoneal dialysis (pd) patients. in eps, the small intestine is covered by a fibrotic and inflammatory peritoneal capsule that either partially or completely encases the bowel. for eps, there ...

nutritional status is very important especially in older adults because of its effects on quality of life. phytobezoar, for instance, that can lead to small bowel obstruction has risk factors such as excessive consumption of foods with high fiber content and inadequate chewing. these factors are related to dietary habits. furthermore, aging process and some of related physiologic changes can pr...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Estimation of small bowel length is of interest following the recent development of device-assisted enteroscopy. This new technology allows access to the deep small bowel, but rates of examination of the entire small bowel (total enteroscopy) differ between study populations. Variation in small bowel length could factor into this observed irregularity in total enteroscopy rat...

The small bowel, affected by a host of pathologic conditions can be difficult and challenging to image because of its length and tortuous course. However the small bowel imaging is evolving. There was a time when small-bowel follow-through (SBFT) was the primary and only method of diagnosing diseases of the small bowel. In recent years, there has been availability of a variety of techniques suc...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE Gallstone 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.

background isolated small gut mesentery injury after blunt abdominal trauma from the steering wheel in road traffic accidents is rare. these are always challenging to diagnose and pose a diagnostic dilemma. objectives to study the pattern of small gut mesenteric injury by steering wheel blunt abdominal trauma in road traffic accidents in patients who had laparotomy. patients and methods a 10-ye...