Patient instructions

Preparing for a visit or procedure

Preparing for an initial consultation or routine follow-up visits
Preparing for an anorectal surgery procedure (not colonoscopy)
Preparing for flexible sigmoidoscopy
Preparing for colonoscopy
If you have a heart problem that requires prophylactic antibiotics, are on blood thinners or are diabetic

Follow-up care instructions

After an anorectal surgery procedure:

Infrared photocoagulation Excision thrombosed external hemorrhoid Hemorrhoidectomy Lateral internal sphincterotomy for fissure Botox injection for fissure Fistulotomy Excision of pilonidal sinus

After a flexible sigmoidoscopy
After a colonoscopy