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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
[Lesions of hollow organs in closed abdominal trauma--the value of computerized tomography]
N Alizadeh1, D Savioz, L Buhler
1Département de Chirurgie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève.
Introduction:
evaluation of the clinical and radiological criteria for laparotomy in intestinal lacerations after a blunt abdominal trauma. Determination of the different radiological signs from the CT scan and the sensitivity of this examination in the diagnosis of intestinal lacerations.
Design:
retrospective study.
Material And Method:
we selected all patients operated for intestinal laceration caused by a blunt abdominal trauma during the period of 1986 to 1995. The clinical and radiological criteria for laparotomy in these patients were determined. Correlation of the radiological signs from the CT-Scan and the surgical findings was used to determine the sensitivity of the CT-scan. We distinguished patients who had an abdominal CT-scan from those patients for which no CT was done.
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