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Colonoscopy

What are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy?

Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy are procedures that let your doctor look inside your rectum and colon (large intestine). They use instruments called scopes. Scopes have a light and a tiny camera attached to a long, thin tube. These procedures let your doctor see problems such as inflamed tissue, ulcers, polyps, and cancer.

Colonoscopy checks your entire colon and rectum. Flexible sigmoidoscopy checks the rectum and the lower colon (sigmoid colon) only.

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  1. Colonoscopy (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy? Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy are procedures that let your doctor look inside your rectum and ...
  2. A colonoscopy is an exam that views the inside of the colon (large intestine) and rectum, using a tool called a colonoscope. The colonoscope ...
  3. ... and a stool test may be used together. Colonoscopy: A colonoscopy is similar to a sigmoidoscopy, but the entire ... bowel. This is called bowel preparation. During a colonoscopy, you receive medicine to make you relaxed and ...
  4. Virtual colonoscopy (VC) is an imaging or x-ray test that looks for cancer, polyps , or other disease in ... VC is different from regular colonoscopy . Regular colonoscopy uses a ... that is inserted into the rectum and large intestine. VC is ...
  5. Virtual Colonoscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    CT Scans/Specifics ... CT Scans ... X-Rays/Specifics ... X-Rays ... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ... From the National Institutes of Health ...
  6. Colonoscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Colonoscopy/Start Here ... Colonoscopy ... Learn why doctors perform colonoscopy, what it can show, how you prepare for it, what to expect during and after colonoscopy, ...
  7. What to Expect from Your Colonoscopy Procedure Video (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy)  
  8. A colonoscopy is an exam that views the inside of the colon (large intestine) and rectum, using a tool ... Brewington JP, Pope JB. Colonoscopy. In: Fowler GC, ed. Pfenninger ... Care . 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:chap 90. Chu ...
  9. ... blood), sigmoidoscopy (inspection of the lower colon), and colonoscopy (inspection of the entire colon). All 3 are ...
  10. ... sample of colon tissue is obtained during a colonoscopy procedure using special instruments. The specimen is sent ...
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