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Digital Rectal Exam
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Digital Rectal Exam
See Also
Anorectal Exam
Anoscopy
Technique
Finger Insertion
Lubricate gloved index finger
Patient bears down as if straining at stool
Gently insert finger after sphincter relaxes
Technique
Evaluation
Assessment of 360 degree sweep of
Rectum
Anal sphincter tone
Tenderness
Nodularity or masses
Assessment of anterior
Prostate
surface (males)
Evaluate lateral lobes of
Prostate
Normal
Prostate
is
Rubber
y, non-tender
Assess for nodularity (
Prostate Cancer
)
Evaluate median sulcus
Absent sulcus suggests
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Technique
Completing Examination
Observe for grossly bloody stool
Test for
Stool Occult Blood
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