METHOD FOR EVALUATING LARGE INTESTINE STATE IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ACUTE NONSPECIFIC ULCERATED COLITIS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves introducing radiopaque substance in the amount of 20 ml in 400 ml of water. Computer tomography examination is carried out with a series of sequential sections of the large intestine segments are made in horizontal plane. Expressed manifestations of intestinal wall edema, stenoses and strictures, filling deficiency, smoothed haustra being detected on the radiological pictures, severely injured large intestine with surgical treatment required is considered to be the case. The haustra being preserved, stenoses, strictures and filling deficiency being absent, moderately injured large intestine with conservative treatment required is considered to be the case. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy in determining large intestine state and predicting probable types of complications. 4 dwg