A colonoscopy generally takes about 15 minutes, and may be extended to about an hour when special circumstances exist.
Enteroscopy is commonly used in clinical examination of the intestinal condition of a kind of examination, is the use of enteroscopy probe from the anus into the human body, the lens will be the patient’s intestinal tract will be photographed and transmitted to the physician to observe the insertion of the intestinal tract in order to avoid damage to the intestinal mucosa, generally need to be inserted slowly, part of the detailed observation also need to withdraw the mirror and other operations, which will make the time of the enteroscopy is slightly prolonged, generally take about 15 minutes.
The specific time of completion of a colonoscopy is also affected by the effect of bowel cleansing, the severity of intestinal pathology, whether the intestinal tract is narrowed or malformed and other factors, which may lead to a significant increase in the examination time, and even up to about 1 hour.
Enteroscopy should be performed under the guidance of a physician, and should not be performed blindly by yourself with a colonoscopy instrument.