Proctosigmoidoscopic examinations were performed on 363 patients who had
gastrointestinal but no colonic symptoms. Thirty-four, all over the age of 40, were found to …

• Proctosigmoidoscopy was accomplished in 50,000 cases with but a single instance of
perforation by observing these precautions: digital examination of the rectum before …

Routine sigmoidoscopic examination as a screening method for detecting cancer of the
colon was evaluated during a recent four-year period. In 18,120 patients, this examination …

General Medicine, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Lo8 Angeles. and
during this same period 77,000 new cases were uncovered. Possibly two thirds of these …

Five hundred completely asymptomatic males aged 17 to 25 years were subjected to
proctosigmoidoscopy. 2. Eight (1.6 per cent) were found to have rectal polyps; 2 of these …

Reduction in the incidence and mortality of carcinoma of the rectosigmoid may be
accomplished by widespread use of routine proctosigmoidoscopy. A detailed low-cost …

The author performed 961 consecutive rigid sigmoidoscopic examinations in his private
practice from 1977 to 1986. All procedures were evaluated according to indication (541 …

As an introduction to this communication I would like to point out the following facts.
Carcinoma of the colon and rectum is the fourth most common variety of malignant tumours …

CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE has been accumulated in re-cent years to question the value
of routine procto-sigmoidoscopic examinations in asymptomatic patients. The principal …

Since the purpose of the physical examination is to discover disease, it would seem logical
to stress those techniques which detect the most frequent and most serious diseases in their …