Colonoscopy Procedure

Address

825 W. Monroe Street #2 Grenada, MS 38901

Hours of Operation:

 Monday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm

Gastroenterology Associates of North
Mississippi, PA

    1208 Office Park Drive
    Oxford, MS 38655
Main Number: (662)234-9888 or Toll Free: (800)489-0988
     Main Fax:         (662) 281-8927

Oxford Annex
1210 Office Park Drive
Oxford, MS 38655
Main Number: (662)234-9888 or Toll Free: (800)489-0988

Grenada Office

825 W. Monroe Street #2
    Grenada, MS 38901
    Main Number: (662) 294-9888

Hours of Operation:

New Albany Office

 Multi-Specialty Clinic on the 5th floor of
Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union County
200 Hwy 30 W
    New Albany, MS 38652
    Main Number: (662) 234-9888

Hours of Operation:

Please contact us for our New Albany, MS office days and hours of operation at (662) 234-9888.

THE COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE

You will be given a sedative by a CRNA to help you relax and better tolerate any discomfort that may occur from the procedure. The staff will ask you to lie on your side or back and the physician will pass the colonoscope gradually along your large intestine. While doing so, the physician will examine the lining and repeat the examination again as the colonoscope is withdrawn from the large intestine slowly. This procedure rarely causes much pain; however, minor pressure, bloating and cramping can be felt during the procedure. Often, many patients sleep through the procedure, which itself takes less than 45 minutes.

Should the doctor need to evaluate further while performing the colonoscopy, additional instruments can be passed through the colonoscope to facilitate the assessment. For example, a biopsy or polyp removal can be performed during the colonoscopy. Should any bleeding sites be identified during the procedure, the physician can also alleviate this by cauterization, the use of small clips or the injection of medication. Rarely, the doctor cannot pass the colonoscope through the entire colon and to the small intestine, which may result in additional testing, if the doctor deems necessary.

Endoscopy Center of North Mississippi

1206 Office Park Drive
Oxford, MS 38655
Main Number: (662)236-1768 or Toll Free: (800)489-0988
Main Fax: 662-236-9898

Gastroenterology Associates & Endoscopy Center of North Mississippi

Gastroenterology Associates of North Mississippi - Grenada

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