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A member asked:
Please tell me about flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy ?
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Two separate procedu: These are two separate procedures for checking the large intestine. Sigmoidoscope is shorter and can look inside about one half of the( lower) colon. Colonoscopy is done with a colonoscope, which is much longer and can go up all the way into the entire colon and check it out for any internal disease of the colon like cancer or polyps.
Answered 12/17/2013
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