NOUN
- enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions
How To Use barium enema In A Sentence
- Barium enema, like colonoscopy, examines the whole colon and rectum, and, although it is cheaper and has a lower complication rate than colonoscopy, it is invasive and requires full bowel preparation.
- Abdominal ultrasounds, multiple upper gastrointestinal studies and an air contrast barium enema had been normal since the cholecystectomy.
- Thus, detection of adenomatous / villous polyps is being studied using a variety of techniques including barium enema, colonoscopy and CT.
- A barium enema is a fluoroscopic procedure which evaluates a child's colon, which is also known as the large bowel or intestine. Barium Enema
- Before some types of X-rays, such as a barium enema, you're given a liquid called contrast medium, or a dye.
- Other tests include stool testing and X-rays of the bowel, taken after a barium enema.
- An example of this is in specialty guidelines for colon cancer screening, where radiologists recommend barium enemas while gastroenterologists recommend colonoscopy.
- Objective To determine the feasibility of barium enema double contrast examination for diagnosing appendicitis.
- A barium enema is a procedure, done through a special x-ray, for examining the large bowel.
- After a course of antibiotics I was to undergo a barium enema to check this diagnosis.
