Double contrast barium enema: The Genoa approach

1 Si Parva Licet Componere Magnis.- 2 A Short Long History.- 3 Why Double Contrast Barium Enema?.- Normal Anatomic Structures.- Pathologic Findings Better Defined by DCBE.- Pathologic Findings Assessable by DCBE Only.- 4 The Genoa Technique in Action.- Intestinal Preparation of the Patient.- Colon Hypotonization.- Barium Suspension.- Double Contrast Implementation.- Radiographic Technique.- 5 Fundamentals of Large Bowel Anatomy Related to the Problems of DCBE.- 6 Fundamentals of Large Bowel Physiology Related to the Problems of DCBE.- Absorption and Excretion.- Secretion.- Intestinal Flora Activity.- Motor Activity.- 7 Is Diet Control a Compulsory Step in the Preparation to DCBE?.- Low-Residue Fiber-Free Diet.- Properties of Dietary Fiber.- Dietary Fiber.- 8 Cathartics and their Combination.- Saline Purgatives.- Irritant Purgatives.- Combination of Cathartics.- Oral Colonic Lavage Solutions.- 9 Is the Cleansing Enema a Necessary Ritual?.- 10 A Simple, Innocuous and Effective Method for Cleansing the Large Bowel without Enemas.- 11 Effects of Antimuscarinic Drugs on the Colon.- 12 Colonic Pressure Values after Administration of Atropine, Buscopan and Glucagon.- 13 Glucagon and the Colon.- 14 Barium Suspensions.- Barium Suspensions and their Properties.- Sedimentation.- Chemical Flocculation.- Biochemical Flocculation.- Barium Column Segmentation.- Adhesion to Intestinal Mucosae.- Foam Formation.- 15 Which Barium Suspension?.- 16 The Radiographic Recording System.- 17 DCBE and Risk of Radioinduced Somatic and Genetic Damage.- 18 Barium Enema Examination of the Colon in Children.- 19 DCBE and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Only Negative Signs?.- 20 Radiology and Surgical Problems of the Large Bowel.- Diverticular Disease.- Idiopathic Ulcerative Colitis.- Crohns Disease.- Secondary Irritable Colon.- Colon Polyps.- Malignant Tumors of the Colon.- Malignant Tumors of the Rectum.- 21 DCBE and Colonoscopy.- 22 Enema, Conflicts and Perspectives: The Psychological Point of View.- Personality and Enemas.- Functional Disorders of the Large Bowel.- Psychoradiological Stimulation.- Body Image Integration.- The Radiologist.