Intraluminal pressure measurements during barium enema: full column vs. air contrast

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...

Colonoscopy detected colon polyps better than air-contrast barium enema or computed tomographic colonography.

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...

Rectal water contrast transvaginal ultrasound versus double-contrast barium enema in the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis

OBJECTIVES The aim of study was to compare the accuracy between rectal water contrast transvaginal ultrasound (RWC-TVS) and double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) in evaluating the bowel endometriosis presence as well as its extent. DESIGN AND SETTING 198 patients at reproductive age with suspicious bowel endometriosis were included. Physicians in two groups specialised at endometriosis performe...

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...