TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectrum of CT Findings Related to Bowel Adhesions Without Bowel Obstruction
T2 - A Comprehensive Imaging Review
AU - Gopireddy, Dheeraj Reddy
AU - Soule, Erik
AU - Arif-Tiwari, Hina
AU - Sharma, Smita
AU - Kanmaniraja, Devaraju
AU - Jain, Kapila
AU - Letter, Haley
AU - Lall, Chandana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Clinical Imaging Science.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Post-operative adhesions can occur following abdominal or pelvic surgery and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Adhesions are an important cause of abdominal complaints, especially chronic abdominal pain, infertility, and bowel obstruction; responsible for an estimated $2.3 billion annual burden in the United States alone. There is a paucity of literature describing CT findings indicative of the presence of adhesions, however, findings suggestive of this entity may be discovered by a discerning eye. Early recognition and diagnosis may be beneficial for reducing consumption of health-care resources related to abdominal complaints. In addition, these findings may impact surgical planning and facilitate recognition of adhesion-related complications, said to be responsible for a significant number of malpractice claims. The following review discusses various CT findings which may indicate the presence of adhesions. These findings may initially be overlooked, but remain valuable as the clinical presentation evolves to become consistent with adhesive disease. Detection of bowel and peritoneal adhesions can be recognized on imaging modalities based on distortion of bowel loops. This pictorial review illustrates the spectrum of findings related to bowel adhesions encountered on computed tomography imaging.
AB - Post-operative adhesions can occur following abdominal or pelvic surgery and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Adhesions are an important cause of abdominal complaints, especially chronic abdominal pain, infertility, and bowel obstruction; responsible for an estimated $2.3 billion annual burden in the United States alone. There is a paucity of literature describing CT findings indicative of the presence of adhesions, however, findings suggestive of this entity may be discovered by a discerning eye. Early recognition and diagnosis may be beneficial for reducing consumption of health-care resources related to abdominal complaints. In addition, these findings may impact surgical planning and facilitate recognition of adhesion-related complications, said to be responsible for a significant number of malpractice claims. The following review discusses various CT findings which may indicate the presence of adhesions. These findings may initially be overlooked, but remain valuable as the clinical presentation evolves to become consistent with adhesive disease. Detection of bowel and peritoneal adhesions can be recognized on imaging modalities based on distortion of bowel loops. This pictorial review illustrates the spectrum of findings related to bowel adhesions encountered on computed tomography imaging.
KW - Adhesive disease
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Postsurgical adhesions
KW - Radiomics
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U2 - 10.25259/JCIS_126_2020
DO - 10.25259/JCIS_126_2020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85137812325
SN - 2156-7514
VL - 10
JO - Journal of Clinical Imaging Science
JF - Journal of Clinical Imaging Science
M1 - A3
ER -