Reply to the Letter to the Editor: “CT diagnosis of closed loop bowel obstruction mechanism is not sufficient to indicate emergent surgery”
Dear Editor, We thank our colleagues for their relevant comments addressed on our article [1]. We acknowledge that this article could be a significant shift to the paradigm that all closed-loop small bowel obstructions (CLO) should benefit from emergency surgery. As...Letter to the Editor: “CT diagnosis of closed loop bowel obstruction mechanism is not sufficient to indicate emergent surgery”
Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article “CT diagnosis of closed loop bowel obstruction mechanism is not sufficient to indicate emergent surgery” by Rondenet C et al [1]. The topic of adhesive small bowel obstruction (SBO) imaging and...
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