sigmoidoscopy
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What is sigmoidoscopy?
Sigmoidoscopy is an internal examination of the lower large bowel (colon), using an instrument called a sigmoidoscope.
Alternative Names:
Proctoscopy; Proctosigmoidoscopy
Posts on sigmoidoscopy (81)
I am a 52yo female, and I understand the importance of getting a baseline colonoscopy. I h...
- Oct 29, 2008
No responses, so i thought id try one more time. since having a colonoscopy, polyp removed,...
since having a colonoscopy, polyp removed, and then a follow up sigmoidoscopy 10 months lat...
I had a lower GI test done in '04 and was told that my pain was divertuculitis. In early...
I'm going in for a flexible sigmoidoscopy, and I've discovered that it's not the procedure ...
I'm going in for a flexible sigmoidoscopy, and I've discovered that it's not the procedure ...
- Oct 17, 2007
I had a sigmoidoscopy when I was 19 years old which is when they told me that I had a twist...
I am a 45 year old who was diagnoed with Stag III Colon Cancer in May 2000. I had a colon ...
i have a knot feeling in the upper (my left ) side right on the belt line next to the insid...
I apologize in advance, this is a bit difficult to explain...
In the last few days I hav...
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