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The Value of Bowel Preparation in Ga-67 Citrate Scanning: Concise Communication

Northwestern University Medical School and Columbus Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Thomas W. Ryerson, Nuclear Medicine Dept., Columbus Hospital, 2620 N. Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614.

ABSTRACT

In order to assess the value of bowel preparation in Ga-67 citrate scanning, we retrospectively analyzed 156 randomly selected 72-hr Ga-67 scans and compared the extent of bowel activity in two groups of patients: those receiving a vigorous 3-day bowel preparation and those receiving no preparation. The populations were studied with regard to age, sex, and bowel preparation. A three-way analysis of variance (prep x sex x age) revealed no influence of these parameters on the degree of colonic gallium activity. We conclude that bowel preparation as used at our institution did not seem to reduce colonic gallium content significantly (p > 0.10).

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^* Present address: Dept. of Radiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510.

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