Trial reportWorld journal of gastroenterology2009
Small bowel MRI enteroclysis or follow through: which is optimal?
Trial report in World journal of gastroenterology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Technical Parameters for MR of the Small Bowel in non-IBD Conditions over the Last Ten Years.Scientific reports · 2019Pooled it
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Small Bowel in Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2016Pooled it
- Challenges and Strategies to Optimising the Quality of Small Bowel Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Crohn's Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Magnetic resonance enterography for the evaluation of the deep small intestine in Crohn's disease.Intestinal research · 2016Review
- Indications and selection of MR enterography vs. MR enteroclysis with emphasis on patients who need small bowel MRI and general anaesthesia: results of a survey.Insights into imaging · 2015Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of three different MRI protocols in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Acta radiologica open · 2015Article
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Abstract
aimTo determine if a nasojejunal tube (NJT) is required for optimal examination of enteroclysis and if patients can be examined only in the supine position.
methodsData were collected from all patients undergoing small bowel (SB) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination over a 32-mo period. Patients either underwent a magnetic resonance (MR) follow-through (MRFT) or a MR enteroclysis (MRE) in the supine position. The quality of proximal and distal SB distension as well as the presence of motion artefact and image quality were assessed by 2 radiologists.
resultsOne hundred and fourteen MR studies were undertaken (MRFT-49, MRE-65) in 108 patients in the supine position only. Image artefact was more frequent in MRE than in MRFT (29.2% vs 18.4%), but was not statistically significant (P=0.30). Adequate distension of the distal SB was obtained in 97.8% of MRFT examinations and in 95.4% of MRE examinations, respectively. Proximal SB distension was, however, less frequently optimal in MRFT than in MRE (P=0.0036), particularly in patients over the age of 50 years (P=0.0099). Image quality was good in all examinations.
conclusionAll patients could be successfully imaged in the supine position. MRE and MRFT are equivalent for distal SB distension and artefact effects. Proximal SB distension is frequently less optimal in MRFT than in MRE. MRE is, therefore, the preferred MR examination method of the SB.
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