Is X ray or CT superior in diagnosing small bowel obstruction?
Before the advent of CT, plain abdominal radiographs and barium studies were used to diagnose small bowel obstruction.
CT has become the imaging modality of choice, however, in patients with suspected small bowel obstruction.
CT is superior in diagnosing the presence, location, and etiologic factors of small bowel obstruction.
The value of plain radiographs is in follow-up of the resolution or progression of small bowel obstruction in patients who do not undergo surgery.
