Akron Digestive Disease Consultants

(330) 869-0124

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330) 869-0124

Procedure Prep

For the best and safest examination, the stomach must be completely empty. You should have nothing to eat or drink, including water, for approximately 6 hours before the examination. Your doctor will be more specific about the time to begin fasting, depending on the time of day that your test is scheduled.

It is best to inform your doctor of your current medications including over-the-counter pain relievers, vitamins, and herbal supplements. It is also important to inform your physician of any medication or latex allergies. Also, you should notify your physician if you are taking any blood thinners such as Aspirin, Coumadin, Plavix, Aggrenox, Ticlid, or Persantine.


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Colonoscopy (SuTab Split Dose)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

Colonoscopy (Miralax)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

Colonoscopy (Golytely & Nulytely)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

EGD Test (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)

This exam involves guiding a tubular, flexible instrument through your mouth and into your esophagus, stomach, and first portion of your small intestine.

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

This procedure involves guiding a flexible, lighted tube-like instrument into the rectum and lower colon.

Fibroscan

FibroScan is a noninvasive diagnostic ultrasound-based device used to measure liver scarring, or fibrosis, caused by different liver diseases. Similar to a conventional ultrasound exam, outpatient FibroScan testing is quick, painless and easy, and provides a non-surgical alternative to the traditional liver biopsy to assess liver damage.

Patient Instructions:
Nothing to eat or drink 3 hours before the scheduled test (water is okay). No alcohol 48 hours before the scheduled test.

Wireless Capsule Endoscopy

This is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of your digestive tract. A capsule endoscopy camera sits inside a vitamin-size capsule you swallow. As the capsule travels through your digestive tract, the camera takes thousands of pictures that are transmitted to a recorder you wear on a belt around your waist.

Colonoscopy (SUPREP)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

Colonoscopy (PLENVU)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

Colonoscopy (Suflave)

This procedure involves the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.

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