Roentgen Exploration of the Afferent Loop
| Autor: | Solomon Schwartz, Samuel L. Beranbaum, Lewis R. Lawrence |
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| Rok vydání: | 1968 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Roentgen Surgery Radiography symbols.namesake Gastrectomy Stomach Neoplasms Dumping Syndrome symbols medicine Vomiting Afferent loop Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasm Recurrence Local medicine.symptom business Value (mathematics) |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 91:932-941 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/91.5.932 |
| Popis: | Clinical problems attributable to afferent loop abnormalities in postgastrectomy patients are varied and poorly understood. The surgeon recognizes acute and chronic forms of obstruction; the internist uses the nebulous terms “chronic biliary vomiting” and “afferent loop syndrome.” The value of roentgenologic investigation in these problems has been consistently minimized. A number of authors have claimed that x-ray studies provide little information (1, 2, 6). It is our purpose to emphasize the value of detailed roentgen examination and to present our findings in 37 cases, of which 34 were symptomatic and 18 surgically proved. While much attention is currently focused on anatomic abnormalities subsequent to surgery, many of our cases are directly ascribable to other factors. Analysis of our findings indicates the desirability of reassessing the radiologic approach to afferent loop abnormalities and of providing a classification that includes more than surgically created causes of obstruction. Many authors... |
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