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Abstract

Anoscopy is the examination of the anal canal. The lower part of the rectal mucosa, upper anal mucosa, anoderm, dentate line, and internal and external hemorrhoids can be seen through this examination.

There are two types of anoscopes:

  • Beveled: Buie or Hirschman scope and the lighted Welch-Allyn scope.

  • Slotted or side opening: Vernon-David scope with Hirschman handle and Hinkel-James anoscope.

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA

    Charles B. Whitlow MD

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  1. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    David E. Beck

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA

    Steven D. Wexner

  3. Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Tracy L. Hull

  4. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Roberts

  5. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center Professor of Surgery, Head, Maywood, Illinois, USA

    Theodore J. Saclarides

  6. Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Central Michigan University School of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA

    Anthony J. Senagore

  7. Department of Surgery John E. Connolly Chair, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Michael J. Stamos

  8. University of Washington Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA

    Scott R. Steele

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Whitlow, C.B. (2014). Endoscopy. In: Beck, D., et al. The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8450-9_5

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