To Err With Air

摘要: THE POPULARITY of the air contrast barium enema depends on two asserted reasons: (1) its ability to detect polyps that can be discovered by no other method and (2) clarity studies which result. When this was used exclusion others several serious mistakes caused us question worth. We recall studies, such as myelography, hysterosalpingography, arthrography, were at first enthusiastically accepted later abandoned. believe perhaps should fate enema. Numerous problems arise when is used. The most important these are superimposition redundant, distended loops bowel, causes confusing shadows; sessile lesions (which ones) not adequately demonstrated; numerous artefacts attempt, repetition study tell true from false lesions. These for