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What is a colonoscope?

What is a colonoscope? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a flexible fibreoptic endoscope used to examine the colon and obtain tissue samples
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It involves diluting stool with a liquid, like salt water, and then pumping it into the intestinal tract via an enema, a colonoscope or a tube run through the nose into the stomach or small intestine.
A biopsy would involve removing a small piece of tissue through the colonoscope, which would then be sent to a laboratory to test for cancer.
For early-stage colon cancer, a colonoscope may be used to remove the cancerous tissue.
This wide-angle colonoscope offers all benefits of perfect image quality combined with optimum illumination from the centre to the outer edges of each picture.
If an abnormality is detected, the doctor can remove it or take tissue samples using instruments passed through the colonoscope.
Your doctor will probably look inside your intestines with a sigmoidoscope or a colonoscope.

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