Investigation of colonic symptoms: the value of flexible sigmoidoscopy.
Colonic symptoms and large-bowel disease are common in elderly people, but the optimum investigative schema is not well established. Double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) and full colonoscopy share several drawbacks; both require colonic preparation which at best causes stool frequency and urgency, at...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1993
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