background: there are many preparation regimens for bowel cleansing. given their adverse effects, none of them have been considered perfect by the endoscopists. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of two bowel cleansing regimens on clean colonic preparation the subjects'well being and electrolyte balance. materials andmethods: atotal number of 280 patients were randomly assigned to...

Inadequate bowel preparation is observed in more than 25% of all colonoscopies. Identification of predictive factors for inadequate colon cleaning is helpful and more detailed preparation methods should be used for patients at high risk. Age, male sex, inpatient status, and comorbidities were identified as independent risk factors in several previous studies. In patients with insufficient colon...

Objective- The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of senna as an alternative or adjunct to polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution in dogs using colonoscopy and radiography.Design - Experimental study.Animals - 20 adult mongrel healthy dogs.Procedures- Dogs were randomly allocated to receive 1 of 4 different bowel preparation regimens including PEG, senna or ...

Electronic colon cleansing (ECC) aims to remove the contrast agent from the CT abdominal images so that a virtual model of the colon can be constructed. Virtual colonoscopy requires either liquid or solid preparation of the colon before CT imaging. This paper has two parts to address ECC in both preparation methods. In the first part, meniscus removal in the liquid preparation is studied. The m...

Background and study aims  Colon preparation rates are the limiting factor for a successful diagnostic colonoscopy in children. Different colon cleansing protocols have been published for use in children. Unfortunately, the applicability of those published research protocols has not been formally evaluated in routine clinical practice. We investigated the success rate of our previously publishe...

UNLABELLED Our objective was to investigate the use of bowel preparation before (18)F-FDG PET/CT to reduce intestinal (18)F-FDG uptake. METHODS Sixty-five patients with abdominal neoplasias were assigned either to a bowel-preparation group (n = 26) or to a native group (n = 39). (18)F-FDG activity was measured in the small intestine and the colon. RESULTS In the 26 patients with bowel prepa...

BACKGROUND Mechanical bowel preparation is routinely done before colon and rectal surgery, aimed at reducing the risk of postoperative infectious complications. The aim of the study was to assess whether elective colon and rectal surgery can be safely performed without preoperative mechanical bowel preparation. METHODS Patients undergoing elective colon and rectal resections with primary anas...

iatrogenic perforation of the colon during elective colonoscopy is a serious complication. surgical treatment remains the standard of care. we report a patient with a large colonic perforation that occurred during a screening colonoscopy, successfully repaired with laparoscopic methods. although the safety and efficacy of this approach is not entirely established, laparoscopy can be used to tre...