The Rectal Examination
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The practice of rectal examination.
Rectal (both digital and rigid sigmoidoscopic) examination is an important part of the clinical examination. The aim of this study was to find out the opinions of the patients to this routine examination at the time of referral by their general practitioner and during their first hospital interview. Assessment of the value for the rectal examination was also examined. We questioned 103 patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Res Medica
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2051-7580,0482-3206
DOI: 10.2218/resmedica.v6i3.854