| Computed tomographic enteroclysis with air and virtual enteroscopy: Protocol and feasibility for small bowel evaluation. | |
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PMID: 22119630 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We describe our optimized protocol for computed tomographic enteroclysis using air as the contrast material and report an early assessment of its clinical performance. METHODS: Thirty-one examinations of computed tomographic enteroclysis with air were performed in 30 patients in our hospital from September 2008 to September 2010. The volume of injected air and intra-intestinal pressure were monitored in 16 cases. The data were reviewed for ratios of successful whole small bowel depictions out of the total number of examinations for patients without stenosis. Efforts were made to confirm depicted abnormal findings when possible by other imaging techniques, intra-operative findings, histopathological findings, and subsequent history. RESULTS: The injected air volume and final intra-intestinal pressure were 2925±686ml and 24.5±7.1cm H(2)O in cases without stenosis. In 19 examinations with anterograde air injection for patients without stenosis, whole small bowel depiction was achieved in 16 (84.2%). Computed tomographic enteroclysis with air was useful for detecting strictures (in Crohn's disease, malignant lymphoma, metastatic carcinoma), Meckel's diverticulum, and for excluding other obstructive conditions in ileus. CONCLUSIONS: Computed tomographic enteroclysis with air has a potential to enable the exploration of the whole small bowel, thereby providing information of small bowel lesions that complements other techniques. |
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Toshiyuki Yoshikawa; Yasuo Takehara; Masataka Kikuyama; Ken Takeuchi; Hiroyuki Hanai |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-25 |
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Title: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver Volume: - ISSN: 1878-3562 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100958385 Medline TA: Dig Liver Dis Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Gastroenterology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. |
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