Covers patient selection/instrumentation/technique/findings/ complications/incl. drawings & actual sigmoidoscopic images.

The third disc in the series, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Other G.I. Procedures, provides viewers with clear, thorough text coverage plus motion video and animation for the procedures they must master. It is an excellent, less costly alternative to continuing education courses, and it allows users to learn these procedures at their own pace. * Incorporates general and specific links throughout the program so the user can obtain more detailed explanation of terms or procedures and easily access related materials. * Includes a Video Gallery accessed by clicking on a photo in each procedure screen, so the user sees the procedure actually being performed. * Offers three hours of category one CME credit per procedure, twelve hours per disc for an exciting, interactive alternative of obtaining CME credit. * Provides separate sections for each procedure: flexible sigmoidoscopy, fecal occult blood testing, paracentesis, anoscopy and liver biopsy. * Includes many additional hypertext links to detailed information on history, physical exam, tests. * Features annotated references accessible through hypertext links in the text or browsable independently. * Includes an overview for each chapter that succinctly describes the steps in doing the procedures and provides links to the videos. * Features a collapsible index available on the screen at all times, a separate detailed index accessible from the menu, and a complete index of the videos.

Reviews all the techniques essential for performing flexible sigmoidoscopy, a technique for detecting colorectal cancer in its early and curable stages. The book's systematic approach addresses every aspect of flexible sigmoidoscopy, including: the epidemiology and detection of colorectal cancer, anatomic landmarks and flexible sigmoidoscope selection, techniques of flexible sigmoidoscopy, endoscopic appearance of various mucosal lesions in the colon, complications associated with flexible sigmoidoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy in infectious patients, care and maintenance of the flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscope, and more.