Proctosigmoidoscopy - a statistical study of 1000 consecutive examinations

ABSTRACT

1) 1000 consecutive proctosigmoidoscopies were statistically studied2) Hemorrhoidal disease is very common - much more common than all other anorectal diseases put together, in this series. Discounting hemorrhoids, there are but few pyogenic infections and diseases involving the anorectum among Filipinos3) The incidence of neoplastic disease, whether benign or malign is low compared to foreign statistics.