Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing

Diaphragm disease is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction that will be seen with increasing frequency with the widespread use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). We present a case study of a patient with diaphragm disease where the diagnosis was not apparent at laparoscopy, and passa...

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Autores principales: Moffat, C.E., Khyan, M.N., Davies, C.G., Ghauri, A.S.K., Ranaboldo, C.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2006
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16964371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.216
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author Moffat, C.E.
Khyan, M.N.
Davies, C.G.
Ghauri, A.S.K.
Ranaboldo, C.J.
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description Diaphragm disease is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction that will be seen with increasing frequency with the widespread use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). We present a case study of a patient with diaphragm disease where the diagnosis was not apparent at laparoscopy, and passage of a steel ball through the small intestine was required to identify all strictures present. A high index of suspicion, recognition of the limitations of conventional diagnostic aids, and the need to assess the full length of the small bowel are all important in the surgical management of this condition.
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spelling pubmed-59171632018-06-03 Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing Moffat, C.E. Khyan, M.N. Davies, C.G. Ghauri, A.S.K. Ranaboldo, C.J. ScientificWorldJournal Case Study Diaphragm disease is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction that will be seen with increasing frequency with the widespread use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). We present a case study of a patient with diaphragm disease where the diagnosis was not apparent at laparoscopy, and passage of a steel ball through the small intestine was required to identify all strictures present. A high index of suspicion, recognition of the limitations of conventional diagnostic aids, and the need to assess the full length of the small bowel are all important in the surgical management of this condition. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2006-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5917163/ /pubmed/16964371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.216 Text en Copyright © 2006 C.E. Moffat et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing
title Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing
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title_short Diaphragm Disease: The Limitation of Laparoscopy and Assessment of the Small Bowel for Strictures Using a Ball Bearing
title_sort diaphragm disease: the limitation of laparoscopy and assessment of the small bowel for strictures using a ball bearing
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