[An improved technique for radiological examination of the small intestine (author's transl)]

An improved technique for radiological examination of the small intestine by barium meal follow through is described, the method being based on an increase in amount of the volume of the meal: three glasses of 300 ml of a diluted 2/3 solution of micropaque. Opacification of the ileocecal region was obtained in 85 p. cent of 500 cases examined, in less than one hour. Intravenous injections of metoclopramide or neostigmine were given in 25 p. cent of cases.