Journal article
Pneumocolon as an aid to small-bowel studies
Abstract
A prospective study was performed in 138 consecutive patients referred for small-bowel examination to evaluate the use of the pneumocolon when there was poor demonstration of the terminal ileum. One hundred and twenty-two patients were examined by enteroclysis (small-bowel enema) and 16 by small-bowel meal. Pneumocolon was used in 38 of the small-bowel enemas and in eight of the small-bowel meal examinations. In 29 cases (21 small-bowel enema; …
Authors
Fitzgerald EJ; Thompson GT; Somers SS; Franic SF
Journal
Clinical Radiology, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 633–637
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 1985
DOI
10.1016/s0009-9260(85)80253-1
ISSN
0009-9260