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JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1958 Proctoscopy, proctosigmoidoscopy, or endoscopy of the lower intestine is one of the simplest, most rewarding, and most neglected diagnostic maneuvers available to the physician. About 70% of all the diseases that involve the entire 5 ft. of large intestine can be diagnosed by means of proctoscopy. Almost always it is an office procedure, and usually it
Raymond J. Jackman
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Value of proctoscopy in the diagnosis of amebiasis
The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1943 A study of 115 consecutive patients who had amebic dysentery was carried out for the purpose of determining how much value proctoscopy has in the diagnosis of the condition.
Raymond J. Jackman, Wilford L. Cooper
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The American Journal of Nursing, 1948 anoperianal abcess and fistula, anal pruritus, and hypertrophic anal papillae. Each of these can be diagnosed by inspection or use of the examiner's eyes and careful palpation or digital examination. It would seem then that proctoscopy would be of little aid as these common lesions can be detected without its use.
Tom E. Smith
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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1963 Visual examination of the anal canal and rectum frequently is omitted by the pediatrician because the procedure is thought to be dangerous, difficult, too time consuming, or unrewarding. Nevertheless there are many definite indications for this procedure; for example, prolonged or unexplained diarrhea, abdominal pain of unknown etiology, the passage of
JACQUELINE C. HIJMANS
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E3 Proctoscopy and Rigid Sigmoidoscopy
, 2013 The main procedure for assessing lower gastrointestinal symptoms in children is colonoscopy, and the clinician should consider the appropriateness of proctoscopy and rigid sigmoidoscopy as the sole primary investigation.
Mairi Steven, Paraic McGrogan
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Protosigmoidoscopy and Proctoscopy
, 1980 The combination of these endoscopie procedures permits inspection of the anal canal, rectum, and varying portions of the sigmoid with rigid instruments up to 30 cm in length.
K. Arnold
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2012 Purpose: To predict the grade and incidence of late clinical rectal toxicity through short-term (1 year) mucosal alterations. Methods and Materials: Patients with prostate adenocarcinoma treated with curative or adjuvant radiotherapy underwent ...
Gian Carlo Mattiucci +2 more
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