I'm unaware of any place routinely delivering
true general anesthetics for colonoscopies. Varying depths of sedation are ubiquitous, may seem like GA to patients and may be coded/billed as GA for reimbursement purposes. Insurance companies are well known to balk at paying for anesthetist provided sedation unless "medically indicated".
I can't offer an opinion on FIT but the prep for a colonoscopy is typically the worst part of the process. While there are remote but real risks to having the procedure and sedation, it remains the gold standard for identification of (hopefully) early colon masses.
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Originally Posted by jyl
go under general anesthetic, and recover.
I'm not a medical person, so I'd like to hear others' views on this and other alternatives to colonoscopy.
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