What Is Colonoscopy
Health Encyclopedia: Virtual Colonoscopy
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. ...
Expert & Community Posts
MRI Breast Cancer Screening; Don’t Forget About Colon Cancer!
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert...reminded me again about another screening test – Colonoscopy. The very word strikes fear in... Read more »
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The Ins and Outs of Colonoscopy
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colon Cancer
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Health Guide
Culture: colonic tissue biopsy
Colonic tissue culture What the risks are A colonoscopy is usually a safe procedure. However, it can cause a perforation (hole) in the large... Read more »Colonoscopy
What the risks are Bowel perforation (hole), requiring a repair operation (less than 2 out of 1,000 tests) Heavy or persistent bleeding from biopsy or polyp-removal sites (1 out of... Read more »Colon and Rectal Cancers: Diagnosis
...yearsFOBT or FIT every year plus sigmoidoscopy every 5 yearsDouble-contrast barium enema every 5 yearsColonoscopy every 10 yearsChoosing between Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy. The choice between... Read more »Colonoscopy
Normal Values Normal findings are simply healthy intestinal tissues. What abnormal results mean Lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding Polyps (which can be removed through... Read more »Inflammatory Bowel Diagnosis
...private office in July 1998 I felt scared, anxious, and exhausted. Two weeks before I'd had my first colonoscopy after spending months with chronic diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bouts of blood and... Read more »Images
Related News
Colonoscopy: Not Just for Colon Cancer
May 05, 2008SAN 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 »
Colon Cancer Blood Test
September 07, 2007NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- When caught early, patients have close to a 100 percent chance of surviving colon cancer. The only... Read summary »
Q&A: What caused colon change?
October 02, 2008A patient asks Dr. Mitchell Hecht what could have caused the problem she experienced from her colonoscopy. Dr. Hecht gives information on tortuous... Read summary »
'Virtual colonoscopies' effective, study finds
June 30, 2009Researchers 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 »
High-Tech Training for Surgeons
August 23, 2006LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- In the old days, surgeons learned how to perform operations by practicing on animals or even real patients.... Read summary »
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