| Autor: |
Wax BN; Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA., Katz DS, Badler RL, Khalili M, Math KR, Mazzie JP, Weston SR, Javors BR |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Current problems in diagnostic radiology [Curr Probl Diagn Radiol] 2006 Sep-Oct; Vol. 35 (5), pp. 171-87. |
| DOI: |
10.1067/j.cpradiol.2006.06.002 |
| Abstrakt: |
The postprocedural period is a critical time in which serious complications can manifest. Localization of suspected complications following abdominal and pelvic procedures can be difficult on clinical evaluation alone. For example, abdominal pain after a colonoscopy may vary in etiology and can result from simple colonic spasm to colonic perforation, hemoperitoneum, or even splenic rupture. Vague abdominal pain following a renal biopsy may be due to minimal postprocedural bleeding into and around the kidney or may be due to potentially life-threatening hemorrhage. In such patients, computed tomography can play a crucial role in the rapid identification of complications as well guidance of subsequent patient management. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the benefit of computed tomography-assisted diagnosis of complications associated with routine procedures performed on or throughout the abdomen and pelvis, including cardiac catheterization, colonoscopy, endoscopy, percutaneous biopsy, and interventional radiology procedures. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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