A recent retrospective analysis by Low and colleagues compared the use of laparotomy, MRI, and serum cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels for the detection of residual tumor in women treated for ...

Damage control laparotomy patients frequently require early reoperation and have a reported mortality of 50-60%. As a result, many of these patients must undergo laparotomy in the intensive care unit.

Until now, however, leukocyte scintigraphy of the small bowel has not been compared with laparotomy plus intraoperative enteroscopy—the gold standard for detecting manifestations of Crohn's disease.