proctoscopy

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The examination of the anal cavity, rectum or sigmoid colon by means of a proctoscope.

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“Proctoscopy was then done and the child was cured promptly by small multiple incisions followed by dilation with the finger and rectal dilators. Perhaps we have⟳ "dwelt in a fool's paradise" in not having these patients examined with the proctoscope and treated proctologically and surgically. I have⟳ no quarrel with any one who takes this view⟳. Perhaps we were dealing with exceptions and coincidences. There are doubtless cases that require⟳ surgery, or are best treated surgically. And yet from this series it would seem that many of these constrictions are of such a nature that they can be safely dilated with the finger without the use⟳ of dangerous force⟳; that, once sufficiently dilated, they remain⟳ so, and that one is justified in trying the simpler procedure first. SUMMARY: In six cases of infantile congenital anorectal stricture, apparently all of the simple diaphragmatic type⟳, in which abdominal (colonic) distention was the outstanding symptom, the obstruction was promptly relieved by finger dilation.”

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