sigmoidoscope

The society also recommends that an examination with the flexible sigmoidoscope be done every three to five years in people over 50.

During the examination blood filled the sigmoidoscope with some hitting the eyepiece.

Dr C left the sigmoidoscope out and accompanied her patient from the room.

A sigmoidoscope is a slender, lighted tube linked to a video camera.

A flexible sigmoidoscope, can cause the following complications.

The next stage is to examine the bowel with a flexible sigmoidoscope or colonoscope.

Examination of the colon with a fiberoptic tube known as a sigmoidoscope is recommended every three to five years for people 50 and older.

If there has been any bleeding a longer instrument called a sigmoidoscope is used to allow for a thorough inspection higher in the bowel.

Sigmoidoscope contaminated with blood of previous patient.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy uses a 65-cm long sigmoidoscope that visualizes the left colon.

A sigmoidoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing.

Specimens were obtained with grab forceps via a rigid, illuminated sigmoidoscope.

The tube is called a sigmoidoscope.

The sigmoidoscope is lubricated and inserted with obturator in general direction of the navel.

A sigmoidoscope is a narrow, lighted instrument which is gently inserted into the back passage.

The sigmoidoscope can be further advanced into the lower intestinal tract and requires an endoscopic set-up.

Inability to negotiate sigmoidoscope or a flatus tube.

A sigmoidoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may have a tool to remove tissue.

As noted above, this is normal procedure for use of the sigmoidoscope, but should not have occurred in this case because the bellows were contaminated.

Filters that prevent the flow of bodily fluids into the tubing of the sigmoidoscope are to be used.

Similar instruments, the sigmoidoscope and colonoscope may be used to visualize more proximal parts of the bowels.