Technical report: A ‘new’ tube providing rapid insertion for the small bowel enema

Abstract

Small bowel enteroclysis (SBE) is considered to be diagnostically superior to the conventional barium follow through examination ( Sanders and Ho 1976; Maglinte et al., 1982 ; Herlinger, 1982) and would be more generally acceptable if jejunal intubation could be undertaken rapidly with minimum fluoroscopy and patient discomfort. Using a modified Merck ‘Coresafe’ tube 75 out of 80 patients referred for SBE were intubated, with considerably reduced fluoroscopic and intubation times. No tube related difficulty was encountered and patient tolerance was good.