High small bowel obstruction

High small bowel obstruction includes atresia or stenosis of the jejunum or proximal ileum. It is now generally accepted that intestinal atresia and ste-... 

Small bowel obstruction due to primary small bowel bezoars was seen in a 70-year-old woman who had ingested "a large amount" of highly concentrated agar dissolved in boiling water 2 days earlier (Osada et al. 2008). 

The theoretic advantage of CT-enterography is the potential to provide a unique perspective on the location and relations of the various causes of small bowel obstruction not previously available, it also has the added benefit of high-resolution anatomic relationship this not only helps to define the nature of the partial obstruction, but it can also serve to... 

Fig. 1.14a,b. Jejunal atresia, a Supine radiograph shows a few dilated, air-filled intestinal loops, about four bubbles , which indicates a high obstruction, b Surgical image demonstrates the location of the atresia (arrow), the dilated proximal jejunum, and the small caliber of the bowel distal to the atresia... 

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