Inflammatory bowel disease

Capsule endoscopy is a pill sized camera examination of the small bowel.

A colonoscopy is a procedure to look at the inside of the large bowel (colon) using a flexible telescope.

Colorectal screening is available to asymptomatic patients with a family history of bowel cancer.

A diagnostic endoscopy is an examination to look at your internal organs using an instrument called an endoscope.

A flexible sigmoidoscopy is a procedure to look at the inside your sigmoid colon (last one-third of your colon) and rectum using a flexible telescope.

A rigid sigmoidoscopy is a procedure to look at the inside your sigmoid colon (last one-third of your colon) and rectum using a small rigid telescope (proctoscope).

If you have severe a bowel disease such as colon cancer or ulcerative colitis, you may need to have your large intestine (colon and rectum) removed. An Ileal pouch (or J pouch) procedure will help restore more normal control and passing of stool.

An ileostomy is a surgical procedure to connect your small intestine to an opening in your abdomen called a stoma.

This procedure connects part of your intestine to an opening in your abdomen. A 'stoma' is the end of the intestine sewn into the opening, while an 'ostomy' is the actual opening.