I keep hearing about people getting fills under flouro, what does that mean?

Short for fluoroscopy, a method used to see what's going on in the body. Like my extremely non-technical explanation? :eek: Think of it like xrays, only real time -- like filming someone with an xray camera so that you can see through their skin into their insides.

Filling under a fluroscope - I've never had it done, but I would assume they use barium (some tissues won't show well on the fluoroscope so barium is used as a visual aid to show what's going on -- e.g. the esophagus isn't terribly clear, but you can see the barium that's sitting inside of it) and either fill to the point that the barium can't get by, then release until it trickles through OR fill gradually as the barium flows until restriction is acheived. They would also be able to see the hardware on the fluoroscope image (...think of an xray of a hand, and how it can be really hard to see what's going on with it, but if there are pins or other devices that show opaque, you have no trouble making them out.)

Here's a description of a fill done with fluoroscopy.

Thanks I understand now!