FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY - SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR FAMILY-PRACTICE

Authors
MORAN JA
Citation
Ja. Moran, FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY - SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR FAMILY-PRACTICE, Canadian family physician, 39, 1993, pp. 1927-1934
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Canadian family physician → ACNP
ISSN journal
0008350X
Volume
39
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1927 - 1934
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-350X(1993)39:<1927:FFS-SA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Flexible fibreoptic sigmoidoscopy can defect malignancy, polyps, and o ther common diseases of the large bowel when they are distal to the sp lenic flexure. The procedure is safe and not painful when correctly pe rformed. Family physicians could play an important role in the earlier diagnosis and prevention of colorectal cancer by adding the procedure to their repertoire.