Bowel ultrasound measurements in healthy children - systematic review and meta-analysis.
Elsa A van WassenaerFloris A E de VoogdRick R van RijnJohanna H van der LeeMerit M TabbersFaridi S van Etten-JamaludinAngelika KindermannTim G J de MeijK B GecseGeert R D'HaensMarc A BenningaBart G P KootPublished in: Pediatric radiology (2019)
The reported upper limit of bowel wall thickness in healthy children is 1.9 mm in the small bowel and the colon, and mean thickness increases slightly with age in jejunum and colon. These values can be used as guidance when screening for bowel-related pathology in children.