Bowel Obstruction: Sonographic Evaluation

Learning objectives

• Sonographic examination concept in the case of suspicion of bowel obstruction.

• Recognition of the sonographic criteria of a bowel obstruction.

• Ability to detect the level of a bowel obstruction.

• Sonographic detection of typical causes of bowel obstruction.

• Detection of sonographic signs of complicated bowel obstruction.

• Ability to sonographically define important differential diagnoses.

• Further diagnostic procedures in unclear situations.

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