Incidence of clinically significant perforation at low dose non-contrast CT and its value prior to same day CT colonography following incomplete colonoscopy

• Published in: Abdominal imaging Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 1044 - 1048
• Main Authors: O’Shea, Aileen, Murray, Timothy, Morrin, Martina M., Lee, Michael J., Thornton, Eavan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adequacy; Adult; Aged; Clinical significance; Colitis; Colon; Colon - diagnostic imaging; Colonography, Computed Tomographic; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - statistics & numerical data; Colorectal cancer; Contrast Media; Diatrizoate Meglumine; Female; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; Identification methods; Imaging; Incidence; Intestine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Pelvis; Perforation; Practice; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Same day CT colonography; CT colonography; Optical colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer

Purpose Routine low dose non-contrast CT of the abdomen and pelvis has been suggested prior to same day completion CT colonography (CTC) to assess for occult perforation at preceding incomplete colonoscopy, before further gaseous insufflation at CTC. The aim of our study is to examine the incidence...