METHOD OF DIAGNOSTICS OF RADIOPAQUE FOREIGN SUBSTANCES OF DIGESTIVE TRACT Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A61B6/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: carry out survey roentgenography of organs of an abdominal cavity, according to that define presence of a radiopaque foreign substance. Enter a radiopaque capsule. Preliminary define the size of the capsule, then perform roentgen control with periodicity of 1 time an hour. On time of a passage of a capsule till the moment of its delay on an alien body judge localisation of an alien body in relation to concrete department of a gastroenteric tract and estimate its true sizes in comparison with known size of a capsule. In case of the size of an alien body to 15 cm, advancements of a capsule and the foreign substance together or preventive advancement of a foreign substance, define possibility independent discharge of the foreign substance. In case of absence of advancement of the foreign substance at movement of a capsule or a stopping of advancing advancement of a capsule define absence of possibility of evacuation of the foreign substance on a digestive tract.

EFFECT: raises accuracy of diagnostics, reduces time for a choice of tactics of treatment of patients with foreign substances of a digestive tract.

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