A practical aid in colonoscopy.
The efficient performance of colonoscopy, as well as colonoscopic biopsy, polypectomy and even photography, can be enhanced by use of the colonoscope holder/stabilizer. Moreover, with the gastroenterology nurse "set free," she or he can now focus attention to the all-important patient monitoring. Colonoscopic procedures can be done more expeditiously with the instrument described here.
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Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School, Springfield.
D020685:Colonoscopes; D006801:Humans