Study shows colonoscopy better than barium enema
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Objective evidence has emerged for the first time to support the superiority of colonoscopy over double-contrast barium enema in the surveillance of patients who have had polyps surgically removed form their colon. The relative merits of the two techniques have been the subject of fierce debate ever since colonoscopy was first introduced in the 1970s.