NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Where Do You Stand on Digital Rectal Exam During Colonoscopy?

Mandatory or Meaningless?

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Jerome D. Waye, MD

Jerome Waye, MD, a gastroenterologist and professor at Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City, and one of the leading endoscopists in the United States, says examining the prostate during a colonoscopy is a must. “Everybody has to do a prostate examination when they do a colonoscopy. That’s just standard. I don’t think there is anybody that doesn’t do a palpation of the prostate when they do a colonoscopy.” Dr. Waye noted that he has detected