Faecal peritonitis after laxative preparation for barium enema.

Barium peritonitis--following barium enema of the proximal colon through a colostomy.

Perforation with extravasation of barium is a rare complication of contrast enema examination of the large bowel with a high associated mortality rate. The experience of performing a re-laparotomy in a patient previously exposed to barium peritonitis is even less common. We describe an elderly male patient with a Hartmann's procedure performed a year previously, presenting with peritonitis foll...

Bowels for a Barium Enema

Half a century has elapsed since Rieder (1904) and Schiule (1904) first reported the use of opaque media for radiographic examination of the colon, during which time many other techniques have been improved. At the same time, whether due to medical prejudice or to the assertion of an exclusive nursing prerogative over the patient's bowels, methods of preparing the colon for the injection of bar...

Fatal Rectal Perforation Following Double Contrast Barium Enema Çift Kontrastlı Barium Enema Sonrası Ölümcül Rektum Perforasyonu

Double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) is a widely used diagnostic tool for colorectal disorders, providing a relatively cheap and less invasive alternative to invasive procedures such as colonoscopy. Complications due to DCBE can be fatal in a small number of cases. Rectal perforations to the intra-peritoneal or retro-peritoneal space are the most severe and life-threatening complications where i...

Oral mannitol: a simple and effective bowel preparation for barium enema.

Barium enema reduction of intussusception in children.

Barium enema hydrostatic reduction was carried out for eight patients with Intussusception over a six-month period There were five successes (62%) and three failures. There were no mortality or complications arising out of this procedure. The technique is discussed This procedure offers many advantagesover surgicalreduction. However, it is not a substitute for surgery which is still indicated i...