165 Fort Evans Rd NE
Leesburg, VA 20176
P: 703.777.5866
F: 703.777.9968
Leesburg Veterinary Internal Medicine
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Services: Proctoscopy

In addition to consultation and advice for acute and chronic diseases, we offer many specialty, advanced and referral services. Click on each item below to learn more about each procedure. Please call us if you would like further information or if you are interested in additional services not listed below.

 

Proctoscopy or sigmoidoscopy is a method of non-invasively looking inside the lower colon by passing a tiny camera on a tube into the colon. Using a proctoscope, we can...

  • visualize and examine the inside of the distal colon and rectum,
  • remove foreign or impacted material from the distal colon, and
  • collect biopsies of the inner mucosal surface of the distal colon and rectum.