title: Flexible sigmoidoscopy: is it of value?
abstract: The use of 60 cm flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscope increases the potential for finding significant colonic disease beyond the cutomary 25 cm. Patient comfort and cost effectiveness recommended the procedure for routine examination and for short operating colonoscopy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020694:Sigmoidoscopes