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SIGMOIDOSCOPY WITH FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPY: A PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE IN HONG KONG
Author(s) -
Yip Y. L.,
Tin H.,
Yud W. M.,
Tjia S. C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01832.x
Subject(s) - sigmoidoscopy , medicine , endoscope , endoscopy , scope (computer science) , general surgery , medical physics , surgery , optometry , colonoscopy , computer science , cancer , colorectal cancer , programming language
Eighty‐two cases of electronic flexible sigmoidoscopy were performed from October 1984 to October 1985 in a rural hospital in Hong Kong. The scope is a relatively new type of flexible endoscope, which has no optical fibre bundle for imaging. The image is taken with a solid state television camera and relayed via a videoprocessor to a television monitor. The image quality and ease of handling were satisfactory. Acceptance by the endoscopy team and the patients was good. The differences in comparison with conventional fibrescopes and television systems are discussed.