Colonoscopy (/ˌkɒləˈnɒskəpi/) or coloscopy (/kəˈlɒskəpi/) is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the...

Virtual colonoscopy (VC, also called CT colonography or CT pneumocolon) is the use of CT scanning or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to produce two-...

cancerous. Colonoscopy is similar to sigmoidoscopy—the difference being related to which parts of the colon each can examine. A colonoscopy allows an examination...

bleeding, and a hole through the wall of the colon that may require repeat colonoscopy or surgery. Signs of a serious complication requiring urgent or emergent...

rectal examination (DRE), virtual colonoscopy or Cologuard. The polyps are routinely removed at the time of colonoscopy, either with a wire loop known as...

at the valve. The ileocecal valve has a papillose structure. During colonoscopy, the ileocecal valve is used, along with the appendiceal orifice, in...

as a treatment for constipation or to prepare the large bowel before colonoscopy or surgery. It is available as a generic medication. Sodium picosulfate...

is more commonly affected in Asia. Diagnosis is often during routine colonoscopy or as an incidental finding during CT scan. It is common in Western countries...

not the same as, a colonoscopy. A sigmoidoscopy only examines up to the sigmoid, the most distal part of the colon, while colonoscopy examines the whole...

using a faecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, virtual colonoscopy, digital rectal examination, barium enema or a pill camera...

series evaluation can be performed with anoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, rarely barium enema, and various radiologic studies. The history in...

Robot-assisted surgery or robotic surgery are any types of surgical procedures that are performed using robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was...

like gastric bypass or cholecystectomy. Any prior assessment, such as a colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy, may also be important, as well as any history...

It is also used to clear the bowels (known as "bowel prep") before a colonoscopy, when the onset of the laxative effect is more rapid, typically within...

dose, followed by a second 45ml dose 6 hours later), to prepare for colonoscopy. It is still used outside the US. An amount of Phospho soda (normally...

recognized due to a lack of systemic long term monitoring. Diagnosis requires colonoscopy, and is defined by the presence of either of two criteria: five or more...

painful, red and swollen skin and irritated, bloodshot eyes. Signs seen on colonoscopy include: colonic mucosal erythema (redness of the colon's inner surface)...

diagnosed by obtaining a sample of the colon during a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. This is then followed by medical imaging to determine whether the disease...

laxative and to completely empty the bowel prior to a major surgery or colonoscopy. It is available without a prescription, both as a generic and under...

options include a sigmoidoscopy or virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) for every five years or a colonoscopy for every 10 years. Fecal occult blood test...

part of the bowel preparation before a diagnostic procedure such as colonoscopy or as a short-term therapy for acute stages of gastrointestinal illnesses...

adenomatous polyps, are quite prevalent. They are found commonly at colonoscopy. They are removed because of their tendency to become malignant and to...

imaging or to gain access to areas for visual inspection (e.g. during colonoscopy). Oxygen can be insufflated into the nose by nasal cannulae to assist...

part of bowel preparation before medical examinations, such as for a colonoscopy. Bisacodyl is a derivative of triphenylmethane. It was first used as...

bacterial infection. Diagnosis is typically by CT scan, though blood tests, colonoscopy, or a lower gastrointestinal series may also be supportive. The differential...

presence of chronic non-bloody watery diarrhea, normal appearances on colonoscopy and characteristic histopathology findings of inflammatory cells. The...

seizure. These agents are rarely used in the setting of a colonoscopy as 98.8% of colonoscopies use sedatives but only 0.8% of them result in the administration...

tract. These include endoscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, enteroscopy, oesophagogastroduodenoscopy and virtual colonoscopy. There are also a number of medical...

screening tools such as iFOBT (immunochemical fecal occult blood test) or colonoscopy are also included in guidelines. In 2009, the American College of Gastroenterology...

artery disease and hernias and perform endoscopic as such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy and laparoscopic procedures. General surgeons may sub-specialise into...