Open AccessComputed tomography attenuation values of ascites are helpful to predict perforation site
Author(s) -
Ryo Seishima,
Koji Okabayashi,
Hirotoshi Hasegawa,
Masashi Tsuruta,
Hiromitsu Hoshino,
Tōru Yamada,
Yuko Kitagawa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1573
Subject(s) - medicine , hounsfield scale , perforation , ascites , gastrointestinal perforation , radiology , computed tomography , attenuation , nuclear medicine , surgery , peritonitis , materials science , physics , metallurgy , optics , punching
To evaluate the effect of computed tomography (CT) attenuation values of ascites on gastrointestinal (GI) perforation site prediction.