Abstract:A 35-year-old male presented to our hospital with acute onset abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with intestinal obstruction due to marked thickening of the small intestinal wall found on abdominal CT. An ileus tube was inserted and decompression therapy was performed, but there was no improvement of abdominal pain. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with strangulated bowel obstruction and emergency surgery was performed. Intraoperative findings showed a stenosis of approximately 7 cm with circumferential thic… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.