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A Mouse Model of Intestinal Partial Obstruction
Published on: March 5, 2018
[Is the presence of air in the small intestines pathological (author's transl)]
Abstract:
The authors examined 119 patients coming to the Radiological Department for various reasons excluding all abdominal pathology: road traffic accidents, rheumatological pain, oto-rhino-laryngological or ophthalmological causes. Two observers, working separately but comparing their results, concluded that there was air in the small intestines in 51 % of the patients, and that the presence of air in the small intestines was considerable in 6 % of the patients. The presence of air in the small intestines was noted in 40 % of outpatients and in 70 % of patients in bed.
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