Whole-gut irrigation as a means of cleaning the colon.
The authors describe a whole-gut irrigation method of cleaning the colon. Normal volunteers drank an irrigant solution at varying rates, and all but one achieved a radiologically clean colon within several hours. This method is proposed for use in the occasional study where a clean colon must be obtained in a relatively short period of time.
D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*