Authors: S Gryspeerdt P Lefere M Herman R Deman L Rutgeerts G Ghillebert F Baert M Baekelandt B Van Holsbeeck
Publish Date: 2005/02/09
Volume: 15, Issue: 6, Pages: 1192-1202
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate dietary fecal tagging FT as a cleansing method prior to CT colonography CTC in patients with incomplete conventional colonoscopy CC After written informed consent was obtained 24 patients had standard colonoscopic preparation ScCl and 25 patients had FT as cleansing method Segmental distention fluid levels fecal residues tagged appearance of fluid levels and residual stool were evaluated Mann–Whitney U test was used to test for significant differences between FT and ScCl groups Compared with ScCl FT improved distention p=0001 reduced the amount of fluid p=0043 but suffered from residual stool p=0046 A clear correlation was found between distention and fluid No differences were found in stool size between FT and ScCl FT showed a good labeling of fecal residues and acceptable labeling of fluid levels Compared with ScCl FT reduces fluid favors distention but suffers from fecal residues The tagged nature of these residues however allows differentiation from polyps
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