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  • Title: Appendiceal filling by double-contrast barium enema.
    Author: Harding JA, Glick SN, Teplick SK, Kowal L.
    Journal: Gastrointest Radiol; 1986; 11(1):105-7. PubMed ID: 3943669.
    Abstract:
    The barium enema is a safe and useful diagnostic modality in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Complete appendiceal filling with barium virtually excludes this diagnosis. Frequently positive diagnostic information is obtained. Only 1 study in the literature documents the frequency of normal appendiceal filling by barium enema. The authors utilized the single-contrast technique. We recorded the frequency of normal appendiceal filling with the double-contrast technique and then compared our data with the previously published study to determine if there is a significant clinical disadvantage to the double-contrast technique when acute appendicitis is a diagnostic consideration.
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