A patient with the 'whirl sign' on computed tomography (CT) is 25.3 times as likely as a patient without to have small-bowel obstruction (SBO) necessitating surgery. There is therefore an important role for the 'whirl sign' in assessment of patients with clinical and radiological signs of SBO.
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