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Colonic transit testing

Refractory constipation

Colonic transit testing helps diagnose slow-transit constipation or other conditions that affect bowel movements.

Ostomy

Graphic depicting a loop ostomy, end ostomy and other ostomy types.

An ostomy is an opening in your stomach that is made by surgery to let solid or liquid waste leave your body.

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy is a procedure performed by a doctor called a gastroenterologist, who uses a colonoscope to look inside the colon and check for diseases like cancer or colitis.

Small bowel capsule endoscopy

Capsule Endoscopy

A small bowel capsule endoscopy is a procedure to view the small intestine by having the patient swallow a capsule the size of a large pill, which has a camera inside.

CT colonography

CT colonography

A computerized tomographic (CT) colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, is a procedure to check for health issues in the digestive tract, including colorectal cancer, using a CT scanner.

Endoscopy (upper GI)

Upper GI Endoscopy

Upper GI endoscopy is a procedure to view the upper digestive tract, which includes the esophagus, stomach and beginning of the small intestine.

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