The Advisability of Immediate Colonic Irrigation Following a Barium Enema

Late Colonic Obstruction After Barium Meal Examination in a Myxoedematous Patient

“…The possible mechanism for this prolonged retention includes dehydration due to fasting before the examination, disinclination to eat after the examination, depression of the gastrocolonic reflex, relative bowel atonia, immobility in the elderly and stenosing lesions in the large bowel 1 . There are a few reports concerning colonic obstruction after barium meal examination in which the obstruction occurred much later, 1,3 the maximum delay between barium administration and onset of symptoms being 43 days. These reports describe patients in whom therapeutic enemas were unsuccessful.…”

Isquemia colónica secundaria a obstrucción intestinal por bariolito

“…El estudio radiológico con contraste baritado es una práctica rutinaria para el examen del tracto gastrointestinal. Las complicaciones obstructivas derivadas de su uso, aunque infrecuentes, ya eran conocidas durante la primera mitad del siglo XX (1). Con la aparición de una nueva generación de productos baritados a principios de los años 80, el problema se creía resuelto (2).…”