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The gastric emptying scan as a tool for surgical management of severe bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury: 2 Case reports  Jon A. Mukand, MD, PhD,

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1 The gastric emptying scan as a tool for surgical management of severe bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury: 2 Case reports  Jon A. Mukand, MD, PhD, Mark S. Kaplan, MD, Dilshad D. Blackinton, MD, Susan Biener-Bergman, MD, Daria A. Trojan, MD  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 81, Issue 11, Pages (November 2000) DOI: /apmr Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Chest x-ray of the first patient, showing pneumonia related to progressive abdominal distention and constipation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /apmr ) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Abdominal x-ray of the first patient, showing ileus and cecal dilation consistent with obstruction. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /apmr ) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Gastric emptying scan of the first patient, showing prolonged half-time of emptying (75min) and 1-hour residual (50%). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /apmr ) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions


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