Although digital radiography or X-ray and fluoroscopy have some differences, they use the same technology. While X-ray obtains static or motionless images, fluoroscopy is an imaging method that obtains real-time live videos of body structures using X-ray.
It is commonly used in swallowing disorders, diseases of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines, guiding the placement of catheters, stents, and similar devices into the heart and blood vessels, guiding spinal or intra-articular injections, evaluating the correct fixation of bone ends in bone fractures, and locating foreign objects.
Your scan is performed either on an outpatient basis or in a hospital setting, depending on the type of scan. While it is a non-invasive, painless, and comfortable method, you may experience slight pain during procedures such as intra-articular injections or implant placements. In such cases, your comfort is ensured with local anesthesia, sedation, and, if necessary, general anesthesia.
Main Examination Areas:
- Barium esophagus, stomach, intestines, or colon studies
- Enteroclysis
- Interventional radiological procedures
- Interventional neuroradiological procedures
- Myelography
- Sistourethrography
Is it Risky?
Compared to other radiodiagnostic methods, radiation exposure is slightly higher. Therefore, a benefit-risk assessment should be conducted.
If you are pregnant or have the potential to become pregnant, this scan cannot be performed due to the risk of congenital anomalies. Please inform your doctor about this.
Scans cannot be performed in cases of known contrast agent allergies, kidney failure, or other kidney diseases.
How Should We Prepare?
First, ask the doctor requesting this examination to explain why this test is needed, its potential risks, and to answer all your questions.
For some scans, especially bowel studies, you need to cleanse your intestines with a specific dietary method that will be explained to you. On the day of the scan, your intestines will be completely emptied via an enema. You need to come fasting for your scan. You can take your regular medications with a small amount of water.
Depending on the area of your body to be examined, you may be asked to undress and wear a single-use patient gown provided by our facility.
You need to remove items that could negatively affect the image, such as belts, jewelry, dental prostheses, glasses, etc.
To obtain images, contrast material is administered orally, intravenously, rectally (through the anus), or via a urinary catheter, depending on the area to be examined.
In scans of infants and children, sedatives (calming medications) may be administered to keep the child calm and still. Your requesting doctor will inform you about this.
After Your Scan:
If you do not have any special precautions or conditions that require care after the scan, you can immediately return to your normal daily life.
If contrast material was used, some special instructions may be given, and you may be observed for a short period until you feel well.
The images obtained are examined and interpreted by our specialist doctors and reported; they are delivered to you or your requesting doctor.
Your result reports and images are stored digitally in our PACS system for access when needed.
Thanks to our PACS application, if you wish, your images can be shared with your doctors in different countries via the internet for consultation services.