Colonoscopy performed with selective use of sedation: A case report

Authors

  • M Tun Department of General Surgery, Limpopo Academic Complex and School of Medicine, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i11b.16844

Keywords:

Colonoscopy

Abstract

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosis of colonic disease. We present a patient with chronic diarrhoea and a caecal tumour that
was diagnosed with colonoscopy.

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2022-11-17

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Tun M. Colonoscopy performed with selective use of sedation: A case report. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2022 Nov. 17 [cited 2025 Apr. 22];112(11b):939-40. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/481