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    • Home
    • About Mr Gupta
    • Services & Treatments
    • How to prepare bowel
    • Patient Testimonials
    • Useful links
    • Bowel (Colon) Cancer
    • Diverticular Disease
    • Haemorrhoids
    • Anal Conditions
    • IBD
    • Trans Anal Surgery
    • Pilonidal Sinus Disease
    • Laparoscopic Surgery
    • Colonoscopy
    • General Surgery
    • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    • Rectal Prolapse
    • Stomas

  • Home
  • About Mr Gupta
  • Services & Treatments
  • How to prepare bowel
  • Patient Testimonials
  • Useful links
  • Bowel (Colon) Cancer
  • Diverticular Disease
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Anal Conditions
  • IBD
  • Trans Anal Surgery
  • Pilonidal Sinus Disease
  • Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Colonoscopy
  • General Surgery
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Rectal Prolapse
  • Stomas

Colonoscopy and polyps

Large rectal polyp

    Colonoscopy

    Colonoscopy is the examination of large intestine (colon) with a flexible tube inserted from the back passage which has a camera at its tip. Usually an intravenous sedative is preferred during the procedure which makes the patient relaxed and sleepy. Sometimes it can be done without a sedative or with Entonox (gas and air).

    A bowel preparation is required starting a day before the procedure. This involves taking 2 sachets of strong laxative like Picolax or Moviprep with instructions provided. For detailed bowel preparation instructions, please click here.

    The procedure can last approximately 20-30 minutes, and longer if any polyps are detected and have to be removed. The procedure does carry a small but possible risk of bleeding or bowel perforation (approximately 1 in 1500 chance), more common when a polypectomy is done (approximately 1 in 1000 chance). If the complication happens, sometimes a surgery is required to resolve the problem. 

    The results of the procedure can be given immediately afterwards. However if a biopsy is taken or a polyp is removed, it can take up to a week for the pathology results to be ready.   Patients are normally able to return back to work the day after the procedure, however it may take 3-4 days for their bowel function to return to normal.

    Services & Treatments

    Anal Fissure

    Anal Fistula

    Anal polyps
    Anal warts

    Bowel/ Colon Cancer

    Colonoscopy

    Crohn's disease

    Diverticular disease

    General Surgery

    Haemorrhoids (Piles) 

    HALO for Haemorrhoids

    RAFAELO for haemorrhoids

    Inguinal Hernia/ paraumbilical hernia

    Irritable bowel syndrome

    Laparoscopic surgery for bowel cancer

    Pilonidal sinus disease 

    Polyp Removal 

    Rectal Bleeding 

    Rectal pain 

    Rectal Prolapse 

    Skin lumps and cysts

    Stomas 

    Transanal Surgery​ (TAMIS)

    Ulcerative Colitis

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    Phone: 07496457522

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