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How thorough are gi docs looking at every inch of gut during colonoscopy when there are >100 people waiting to have theirs done?

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Very: Each procedure is taken seriously and most will not look at anything other than what they are doing at the moment.

Dr Werner and 4 doctors agreed

Answered 4/24/2016

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