Reasons for incomplete proctoscopy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1969 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, volume 12, pages 19-21 (issn: 0012-3706,

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Authors: M, Salazar; R J, Jackman;

doi: 10.1007/bf02617190

pmid: 5763666

Reasons for incomplete proctoscopy

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Abstract

About one of four patients could not be proctoscoped 20 cm or more. Psychologic factors, normal anatomic variations, or pathologic lesions prevented complete proctoscopy in 277 of 1,113 cases. Incomplete proctoscopy for other than organic reasons may be reduced by letting the patient know what to expect and by advising him that the examination can be stopped at any time that he requests.

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Keywords

Adult, Male, Adolescent, Colon, Sigmoid, Rectum, Humans, Female, Middle Aged, Diverticulum, Colon, Proctoscopy, Aged

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