CT colonography after fecal tagging with a reduced cathartic cleansing and a reduced volume of barium.

Objective: The objective of our study was to assess the efficacy of fecal tagging with a small volume of barium in combination with a reduced cathartic cleansing before CT colonography.

Materials And Methods: The study consists of a review of 200 patients examined in a clinical setting. Conventional colonoscopy and CT colonography or follow-up were used as the gold standard.

Diverticular disease in CT colonography.

The aim of this study was to evaluate findings on CT colonography (CTC) in patients with diverticular disease. In a retrospective analysis of 160 consecutive patients, who underwent CTC and conventional colonoscopy (CC), patients with diverticular disease were retrieved. The CTC images were compared with CC and, if possible, with pathology.

Supine/left decubitus scanning: a valuable alternative to supine/prone scanning in CT colonography.

The purpose was to evaluate supine/left decubitus as an alternative to supine/prone scanning in computed tomographic colonography (CT colonography). Fifty patients were randomised to supine/prone, another 50 to supine/left decubitus scanning. Patients were scanned using a single-slice CT scanner.

Dietary fecal tagging as a cleansing method before CT colonography: initial results polyp detection and patient acceptance.

Purpose: To compare reduced colonic cleansing based on dietary fecal tagging (FT) with standard (non-FT) colonic cleansing with regard to patient acceptance, sensitivity, and specificity.

Materials And Methods: In 50 patients (FT group), FT was performed by means of diet, magnesium citrate, and a barium suspension. In another 50 patients (non-FT group), preparation was based on polyethylene glycol administration.