Small bowel follow-through

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Small bowel follow-through
Diagnostics

The small intestine.
ICD-9-CM 87.63, 87.64,
OPS-301 code 3-13b

A small bowel follow-through, also called small bowel series, is a radiologic examination of the small intestine from the distal duodenum/duodenojejunal junction to the ileocecal valve.

An X-ray examination of the most proximal small bowel (duodenum) is typically done together with an examination of the esophagus and stomach and is called an upper GI series.

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[edit] Procedure

  • Person drinks radio-opaque contrast.
  • X-ray images of abdomen are made at timed intervals.

[edit] Indications

Pathology of the small bowel is uncommon. Therefore, upper GI and lower GI endoscopy is often done prior to small bowel follow-through.

Categorically, the indications are:

  • Negative upper endoscopy and negative lower endoscopy
  • Investigation of a small bowel abnormality found on other medical imaging

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