title: Sigmoidoscopy.
abstract: The use of a rigid sigmoidoscope, a skill any GP can easily acquire, may save a patient the inconvenience and expense of the more complex procedures of flexible colonoscopy or barium enema. Most colonic pathology occurs within reach of a 25 cm sigmoidoscope. Rigid sigmoidoscopy can be quickly and safely performed in most cases without bowel preparation and in the GP's office.
authors.affiliation: Cohuna Medical Clinic, Victoria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy / Q000379:methods