Transit times of food in patients with diverticulosis or irritable colon syndrome and normal subjects.

Abstract

The radiological appearances of the colon of 109 subjects without gastrointestinal symptoms were studied. The majority of the subjects were healthv volunteers who were either members of the staff of the Radcliffe Infirmary or visitors to inpatients. A minority of the subjects were patients in a geriatric unit (Cowley Road Hospital, Oxford) who were volunteers and who were completely free from gastrointestinal symptoms.