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SIGSpecial Interest Group
SIGSignal
SIGSignature
SIGSignor (Italian: Mister; used like Mr.)
SIGSystème d'Information Géographique (French)
SIGSummer Institute for the Gifted
SIGSistema de Información Geográfica (Spanish)
SIGSusquehanna International Group (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
SIGSchool Improvement Grant (US Department of Education)
SIGServices Industriels de Genève (Switzerland)
SIGSoftware Installation Guide (instructions)
SIGSouthern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
SIGSigmoidoscopy
SIGSolomon Islands Government
SIGSignalman
SIGService d'Information du Gouvernement (French: Department of Government Information)
SIGSignature File
SIGSupport and Information Group
SIGSettings File
SIGSignaller
SIGSpecial Investigation Group (various locations)
SIGSigmoidoscope
SIGStructural Informatics Group (Washington)
SIGStandardized Information Gathering (questionnaire)
SIGSpectrum Is Green (from the TV Series, Captain Scarlet)
SIGStrategy Implementation Group (various organizations)
SIGSecure Internet Gateway
SIGSocial Issues Group (Malaysia)
SIGSurface Immunoglobulins
SIGSMDS Interest Group
SIGStrategic Initiatives Group (USMC)
SIGState Innovation Grant (US EPA)
SIGSenior Integration Group (US DoD)
SIGSenior Interdepartmental Group
SIGStamford Industrial Group (Stamford, CT)
SIGSignature Investigations Group (Michigan)
SIGSmall Inducible Gene (inflammatory response)
SIGSoftgoal Interdependency Graph
SIGStress in General (scale)
SIGStreet Index Guide
SIGSingle Instant Game
SIGSystem Integration Group
SIGStrategic Intelligence Group
SIGShanghai International Group Corporation Limited
SIGSchweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft AG
SIGSelective Integral Ground
SIGSite Integration Group
SIGSelf Inspection Guide
SIGShip Improvement Guide
SIGPMW Poster Type File (Printmaster Premier 8.0 file extension)
SIGSpecific Industry Group
SIGStaff Involvement Group (UK NHS)
SIGStrategic Integration Group
SIGShanghai Industries Group, Ltd. (Shanghai, China)
SIGService Instruction Guidance (University of Miami high school tutoring program)
SIGSSDS Interface Gateway
SIGService Integration Gateway
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This tube is longer than a sigmoidoscope. The same bowel cleansing used for the barium x-ray is needed to clear the bowel of waste.
We all learned how to use the sigmoidoscope fast enough).
Biopsies may be taken through the sigmoidoscope. Sedation is not usually needed.
The flexible sigmoidoscope provides a direct view of the lower one-third of the colon while FOBT checks for hidden blood throughout the colon."
The doctor looks for cancer in the colon and rectum with a thin, lighted instrument called a sigmoidoscope.
With relatively new fiber-optic colonoscope and sigmoidoscope equipment, it is possible for the physician to locate the polyp, show it to the patient through the fiber-optic viewing end of the tube, and remove it, all during a half-hour to an hour office procedure.
A beveled metal proctoscope was used to disimpact the distal-most 10 cm and then a rigid sigmoidoscope was used to clear the colon of quinoa-laden fecal material to a total distance of 18 cm.
drapes, sigmoidoscope, anoscope, biopsy instruments, endoscopic accessories), as they are supplied sterile, ready-to-use and carry a manufacturer and supplier guarantee.
If a mass or any other types of abnormal areas are seen through the flexible sigmoidoscope or colonoscope, a sample (biopsy) is taken for further examination by a pathologist to determine if it's cancerous or benign.
The study included 19 subjects with polyps that were less than 9 mm in diameter and were within reach of a flexible sigmoidoscope, said Dr.
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