The demise of the instant/unprepared contrast enema in large bowel obstruction

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 729-731

  Jacob, Sharon E ^a,b   Lee, S H ^a   Hill, J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Contrast enema; Double contrast barium enema; Large bowel obstruction; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENEMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50349092776     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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