Recent technological advances have improved the diagnostic effectiveness, the ease of physician use and patient comfort of sigmoidoscopy. This book is an introduction to the basics of office-based sigmoidoscopic examination. It provides the family practice physician with the fundamentals he or she needs to perform this lucrative procedure. It covers patient selection, instrumentation, techniques, findings, and complications. Line drawings and sigmoidoscopic images - some in colour - guide the reader through the exam.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
141 line drawings and colour illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-86542-369-5 (9780865423695)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Instruments and office needs; patient selection; the rationale for screening for colon polops and cancer by flexible sigmoidoscopy in an average-risk person; preparation; evaluation of anorectal complaints and performance of the anorectal examination; technique; findings at flexible sigmoidoscopy; the endoscopy assistant; cleaning and disinfection; complications.
