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Analysis of 5000 consecutive flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopies form the basis of this report. It is concluded that this method of examination of the distal large bowel is not only safe and confortable for the patient but is a more appropriate examination than the rigid proctosigmoidoscopy because of the significant increase in pathologic material found. This examination has proven practical and acceptable in a multispecialty clinic setting and has completely replaced rigid proctosigmoidoscopy. Flexible sigmoidoscopy is now the standard “routine” examination of the rectum and distal colon. The rationale for this conclusion is presented in this timely report.
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Read at the Meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 2 to 6, 1982.
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Traul, D.G., Davis, C.B., Pollock, J.C. et al. Flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy—The monroe clinic experience. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 161–166 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02560161
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02560161