Do Patients Undergo Prostate Examination while Having a Colonoscopy?

OBJECTIVES: To determine the rate at which physicians report performing a digital rectal examination and comment on the prostate gland before performing colonoscopy in men 50 to 70 years of age.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tess Hammett, Lawrence C Hookey, Jun Kawakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/721870