Sonoenteroclysis, a new sonographic method in evaluating and diagnosing small bowel disorders is an effective alternative to the usual method of barium enteroclysis, according to a recent study ...

ANOMALOUS rotation of the bowel almost always results in such gross departure from normal position as to be readily noted on x-ray examination after the administration of barium by either the oral or ...

DIVERTICULOSIS and diverticulitis are relatively common in persons past the age of forty-five. Ochsner and Bargen 1 discovered that in all the patients registered at the Mayo Clinic in 1933, x-ray ...

Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) encompasses two related but unique disorders of as yet unknown cause. The incidence has increased substantially in recent years- 2.2 to 6.8/100 000 in ...

Some of the most intractable gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, are motility disorders, where the contents of the intestines don’t proceed ...