Virgin abdomen

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 3 Apr 2024

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Bell D, Sharma R, Baba Y, Virgin abdomen. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-62062

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-62062

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/62062

rID:

62062

Article created:

31 Jul 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

3 Apr 2024, Rohit Sharma ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Rohit Sharma had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

4 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Gastrointestinal

Synonyms:

Virgin abdomens

Virgin abdomen is used to describe the abdomen of a patient who has never had any surgical procedure on their abdomen. It is usually used in the context of someone presenting with an acute small bowel obstruction and whether adhesions might be the underlying etiology.

The conventional wisdom being that without a prior history of intraperitoneal surgery the odds of adhesions being the etiology are lowered. However, there is debate around this long-held assumption ¹.