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Colonoscopy, Polypectomy, and Related Techniques
The development of the colonoscope followed that of upper panendoscopes. Rigid proctoscopes were developed in the late 1800s, and fiberoptic techniques were adapted to visualize the sigmoid and descending colon in the 1960s. In the 1970s, the colonoscope was lengthened…