Intubation routes for enteroclysis.

The transnasal and peroral intubation routes for enteroclysis examination are described. A survey of 22 patients who underwent enteroclysis by both approaches revealed an overwhelming preference for the transnasal route. Transnasal intubation for enteroclysis is rapidly performed with adequate catheter control and in most patients is associated with less discomfort compared with the peroral route.

["The ten commandments" for enteroclysis or ten golden rules for proper enteroclysis technique (author's transl)].

More than ten years experience with the enteroclysis technique have shown that frequently disappointing results are achieved, always due to technical faults in the performance of the technique. In this article the most important factors for proper technique and the most frequently occurring causes of bad results are mentioned.

[Enteroclysis: improved and simplified contract media imaging of the small intestine].

Enteroclysis as a routine procedure is a major advance in the field of radiological small bowed examination. Its most important features are the duodenal infusion of a barium contrast fluid of low specific gravity (less than 1,32), good preparation of the patient and demonstration of all loops in various phases of contraction.

Enterocylsis: the small bowel enema. How to succeed and how to fail.

Enteroclysis, the infusion of contrast medium directly into the small bowel, is a precise, rapid method for thorough small bowel examination. This technique demonstrates far more pathology than any other method when it is properly executed. However, the examination is sure to fail with poor techniques, thereby discrediting a superb method.