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In [[medicine]], '''colonoscopy''' is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the [[colon]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''colonoscopy''' is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the [[colon]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 23 October 2008
In medicine, colonoscopy is a "endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon."[1]
Withdrawing the colonoscopy too fast may cause missing of important abnormalities.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Colonoscopy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Barclay RL, Vicari JJ, Doughty AS, Johanson JF, Greenlaw RL (December 2006). "Colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection during screening colonoscopy". The New England journal of medicine 355 (24): 2533–41. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa055498. PMID 17167136. Research Blogging.