Gastrointestinal perforation: ultrasonographic diagnosis
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Gastrointestinal perforation: ultrasonographic diagnosis
Gastrointestinal tract perforations can occur for various causes such as peptic ulcer, inflammatory disease, blunt or penetrating trauma, iatrogenic factors, foreign body or a neoplasm that require an early recognition and, often, a surgical treatment.Ultrasonography could be useful as an initial diagnostic test to determine, in various cases the presence and, sometimes, the cause of the pneumo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Ultrasound Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2036-7902
DOI: 10.1186/2036-7902-5-s1-s4