Experience with the Merck small bowel enema tube.
We describe our experience using the Merck 10 French small bowel enema tube in 50 patients. Small bowel intubation was quick and easy to perform, and the tube was well tolerated by our patients. Kinking of the Merck tube was correctable, but prolonged the examination. The examination had to be abandoned in 6% of cases due to retrograde movement of the tube back into the stomach.
Chippindale
A J
AJ
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan.
Desai
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004733:Enema / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography