Small bowel volvulus around caesarian section scar adhesions

Small bowel obstruction secondary to adhesions is a recognized complication of Caesarian section. However, obstruction due to small bowel volvulus caused by adhesions at the Caesarian-section scar has not been reported. We report such a case identified on computed tomography. We review the literatur...

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Autores principales: Wright, Adam, Chong, Suzanne, Willatt, Jonathon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.022
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description Small bowel obstruction secondary to adhesions is a recognized complication of Caesarian section. However, obstruction due to small bowel volvulus caused by adhesions at the Caesarian-section scar has not been reported. We report such a case identified on computed tomography. We review the literature on small bowel volvulus in pregnant patients and discuss the computed tomography findings.
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spelling pubmed-55519912017-08-21 Small bowel volvulus around caesarian section scar adhesions Wright, Adam Chong, Suzanne Willatt, Jonathon Radiol Case Rep Case Report Small bowel obstruction secondary to adhesions is a recognized complication of Caesarian section. However, obstruction due to small bowel volvulus caused by adhesions at the Caesarian-section scar has not been reported. We report such a case identified on computed tomography. We review the literature on small bowel volvulus in pregnant patients and discuss the computed tomography findings. Elsevier 2017-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5551991/ /pubmed/28828112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.022 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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