Is barium enema an adequate diagnostic test for the evaluation of patients with positive fecal occult blood?
This study supports the use of colo noscopy as the gold standard test for the evaluation of positive FOBT and was preferred over DCBE b the patients. Diagnostic accuracy of DCBE was inferior to colonoscopy, for all size polyps and larg adenomas. Compared to colonoscopy, DCBE is a substandard test for colorectal cancer screening and may result in ineffective outcomes.
Although the Hunter technique is still the reference procedure for the reconstruction of flexor tendons, our study identified prognostic factors of poor functional results such as infection and associated extensor apparatus damage, which should orient the surgeon towards a simplified technique such as the superficialis finger procedure.