Southern Cross New Plymouth Hospital - Gastroenterology

Postal Address

PO Box 979
Taranaki Mail Centre
New Plymouth 4340

Colonoscopy

A long, narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (colonoscope) is inserted into your anus and then moved along the entire colon. This allows the surgeon a view of the lining of the colon. Sometimes a biopsy (small piece of tissue) will be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory. Polyps (small growths of tissue projecting into the bowel) may be removed during a colonoscopy.

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