Critical analysis of the performance of double-contrast barium enema for detecting colorectal polyps ≥ 6 mm in the era of CT colonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Sosna, Jacob ^a,b   Sella, Tamar ^a   Sy, Oumar ^c   Lavin, Philip T ^c   Eliahou, Ruth ^a   Fraifeld, Shifra ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston Biostatistics Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium enema; Colonoscopy; CT colonography; Double contrast barium enema; Meta analysis; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38849092702     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2099     Document Type: Article

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