Ultrasound in pediatric intestinal obstruction: assessing its full potential

Authors

  • R. A. Khan Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, India
  • R. Ara Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, India
  • Sh. Wahab Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, India
  • I. Ahmad Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15574/PS.2019.65.19

Keywords:

Intestinal Obstruction, Children, Ultrasonography

Abstract

Diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in children, one of the commonest surgical emergencies, may still test the acumen of the attending clinician. Any delay in diagnosis may lead to complications which carry high morbidity or may even be fatal. Besides clinical judgment, radiography plays an important role in the diagnosis. Ultrasonography, although not the investigation of choice but it does give an initial suggestion of the diagnosis in the child without any harmful effects of radiation.
The authors declare they have no conflict of interest

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No. 4(65) (2019): Paediatric surgery. Ukraine

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Original articles. Abdominal surgery

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