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What if i ate before colonoscopy?

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They would cancel: If you ate, your intestines may not be clean, so a reliable examination becomes difficult to carry out. This means there is going to be likely cancellation of the colonoscopic procedure.

Dr Gosrani agreed

Answered 5/22/2014

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