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Virtual Colonoscopy Video

Health Encyclopedia: Virtual Colonoscopy

Alternative Names

Colonoscopy - virtual

What the risks are

Radiation exposure
Nausea, vomiting, bloating, or rectal irritation caused prep medications

Special considerations

Differences between virtual and conventional colonoscopy include:

Virtual colonoscopy uses no sedation, and patients are usually able to resume normal activities immediately after the test. Conventional colonoscopy involves sedation, and usually the loss of a work day.

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Expert & Community Posts

Screening Tests A woman Needs

By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...starting at age 40. You now have an option to have a virtual colonoscopy (you actually swallow a... Read more »

Live from GI Conference: The Reflux Mom

By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

I have always wanted to attend the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,... Read more »

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We all know that exercise is crucial to controlling diabetes. It stands with diet as one of the... Read more »

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I'm not generally a fan of video games (I won't let me son play them) -- since they can sometimes... Read more »

A Novel Way to Measure Depression

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Health Guide

Virtual colonoscopy

Colonoscopy - virtual References Virtual Colonoscopy, The Medical Letter, February 14, 2005;1202:15 Van Dam, J. et al. CT Colonography. Gastroenterology.... Read more »

Colorectal polyps

...normal. Tests that show polyps: Sigmoidoscopy Colonoscopy Virtual colonoscopy Barium enema Read more »

Virtual colonoscopy

Virtual colonoscopy (VC) combines MRI or CT scans with sophisticated computer software to produce images of the colon and rectum. The test, which is less invasive than... Read more »

Colon and Rectal Cancers: Diagnosis

...the future. However, larger clinical studies are needed.Experimental Screening and Diagnostic MethodsVirtual Colonoscopy. A promising experimental technique called virtual colonoscopy allows... Read more »

Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis

...detecting abscesses and other complications of advanced IBD.A promising experimental technique called virtual colonoscopy allows three-dimensional imaging of the colon without using invasive... Read more »

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Related News

Colonoscopy: Not Just for Colon Cancer

May 05, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Virtual colonoscopy is being hailed as a life-saving diagnostic tool. In fact, a new study shows it's... Read summary »

Virtual Colonoscopy Screens Two Diseases

December 08, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a way to screen for both colorectal cancer and osteoporosis at the same time. A new study from the University of... Read summary »

Virtual colonoscopy as good as the real thing

September 22, 2008

A new report has found that virtual colonoscopy is as effective at finding precancerous lesions as the more invasive, standard colonoscopy. The... Read summary »

'Virtual colonoscopies' effective, study finds

June 30, 2009

Researchers in Italy have found that a type of colonoscopy that uses high-powered X-rays detects tumors and precancerous growths as well as standard... Read summary »

Colon scan may ID cancer, osteoporosis

December 03, 2008

A test known as the "virtual colonoscopy" can identify more than colon polyps--it may also identify osteoporosis. The non-invasive procedure uses CT... Read summary »

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