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Flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy: Technique and preliminary results
Author(s) -
Overholt Bergein F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197107)28:1<123::aid-cncr2820280123>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoidoscopy , rectum , sigmoid colon , insufflation , surgery , colonoscopy , radiology , colorectal cancer , cancer
Currently available flexible, controlled‐tip fibersigmoidoscopes for visualization of the rectum, sigmoid, and descending colon are reviewed. The technique of insertion includes patient medication and positioning, manipulation of the distal tip, rotation of the instrument, “persuasive pressure,” air insufflations, and water instillation. Insertion to 70 cm or greater was accomplished in 66% of patients. Fibersigmoidoscopy frequently provides information that influences the diagnosis and treatment in many patients with diseases of the colon and rectum.