Effect of adjusted positioning on gastric distention and fluid distribution during CT gastrography.
OBJECTIVE
We hypothesized that performing CT gastrography with the patient in the left posterior oblique (LPO) position would provide better distention and less residual fluid for the lower part of the stomach than CT gastrography with the patient in the standard supine position.


CONCLUSIONS
The LPO position for CT guaranteed the distensibility of and minimal residual fluid in the lower part of the stomach, thus resulting in excellent 3D CT gastrographic images.
Kim
Se Hyung
SH
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, 28, Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
Lee
Jeong Min
JM
Han
Joon Koo
JK
Lee
Jae Young
JY
Yang
Han Kwang
HK
Lee
Hyuk-Joon
HJ
Shin
Kyung-Sook
KS
Choi
Byung Ihn
BI
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*