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. |