[Barium sulfate and water-soluble contrast medium--a suitable mixture for contrast radiography in acute small bowel obstruction].

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Hoevels J, Thermann M

[Barium sulfate and water-soluble contrast medium--a suitable mixture for contrast radiography in acute small bowel obstruction].

Zentralbl Chir. 2003 Jun;128(6):500-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-40624.

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Experiences with a mixture of two different contrast media for radiography in acute small bowel obstruction are reported. Due to different physical and chemical properties, barium sulfate and a water-soluble, high-osmolar contrast medium provided high contrast density in all segments of the small bowel and a shortening of the transit time to the colon. This method proved to be effective and accurate in predicting which patients with suspected small bowel obstruction required surgical intervention. No complications caused by the contrast media were observed intraoperatively or in the postoperative period.

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