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Good day. is a colonoscopy an in hospital procedure?

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Dr. Alejandra Moscoso-agosto answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Same-day: A colonoscopy requires general sedation and is usually performed in a medical building (hospital, surgery center, some GI offices, etc). But it is a same-day procedure, meaning that if everything goes as usual, you will be discharged home after a 1-2 hr recovery time under observation.

Answered 8/18/2020

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