Radiology of pyloric reflux

Abstract

Paper read at a special meeting at the New Charing Cross Hospital, London, on the 29th September 1971, to discuss the subject of Pyloric Regurgitation. Up to a few years ago the only radiological examination for the pylorus was the standard Regurgitation barium meal, which cannot show whether or not such regurgitation occurs. Bile regurgitation can be deduced by two methods, namely Isotopes Studies and radiology. From the author`s perspective, the antegrade intubation is the preferred method, whereby the findings can be recorded by one of the following methods: a) Cineradiography b) Conventional radiography c) 70 m.m. Fluorography d) Video-tape. Of these four methods, the author maintains that video-tape recording is the most informative. The full significance of pyloric regurgitation is not known yet and in this regard further studies are required.