How Useful is Contrast Enema in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s Disease? Five-year Experience from a Local Referral Centre
| Autor: | Dsf Tsang, Wwm Lam, Awy Wong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Radiography medicine.medical_treatment Rectum Context (language use) Retrospective cohort study Enema medicine.disease digestive system digestive system diseases Surgery surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Positive predicative value Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology business Hirschsprung's disease Barium enema |
| Zdroj: | Hong Kong Journal of Radiology. 17:30-35 |
| ISSN: | 2223-6619 |
| DOI: | 10.12809/hkjr1413206 |
| Popis: | Objective: To review the diagnostic performance of contrast enema examinations for the investigation of Hirschsprung’s disease, determine the usefulness of delayed 24-hour X-rays, and validate water-soluble contrast enemas for the investigation for patients with suspected Hirschsprung’s disease. Methods: This was a retrospective study of all neonates and infants referred for radiological evaluation of symptoms and signs suspicious of Hirschsprung’s disease in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong from January 2007 to December 2011. Patients were included in this study when all radiographs were available and Hirschsprung’s disease had been confirmed or excluded by rectal biopsy or by a combination of enema results, manometry, and close clinical follow-up. Radiographs and reports were reviewed with a checklist of radiological criteria described in the literature, including transitional zone, rectosigmoid index (maximum width of rectum divided by maximum width of sigmoid; abnormal if |
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