BACKGROUND Endoscopic polypectomy is a common technique, but there are discrepancies over which treatment--surgical or endoscopic--to follow in case of polyps of 2 cm or larger. OBJECTIVES To analyse the efficacy and complications of colonoscopic polypectomy of large colorectal polyps. PATIENTS AND METHODS 147 polypectomies were performed on 142 patients over an eight-year period. The techn...

BACKGROUND Information about colonoscopy complications, particularly postpolypectomy bleeding, is limited. OBJECTIVE To quantify the magnitude and severity of colonoscopy complications. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Kaiser Permanente of Northern California. PATIENTS 16, 318 members 40 years of age or older undergoing colonoscopy between January 1994 and July 2002. MEASUREMENTS ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Immediate postpolypectomy bleeding (IPPB) increases the procedure time and it may disturb performing a safe polypectomy. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether clipping before snare polypectomy of large pedunculated polyps is useful for the prevention of IPPB. METHODS This is a single arm, pilot study. We enrolled patients with pedunculated colorectal polyps that ...

BACKGROUND An endometrial polyp is a frequently encountered gynecologic disease with abnormal uterine bleeding and infertility being the two common presenting problems, and hysteroscopic polypectomy is an effective method to remove them. The postoperative polyp recurrence might result in reappearance of abnormal uterine bleeding or infertility, whereas factors influencing the postoperative recu...

BACKGROUND Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated significant reductions in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality associated with polypectomy. However, little is known about whether polypectomy is effective at reducing colorectal cancer risk in routine clinical practice. The aim of this investigation was to quantify colorectal cancer risk following polypectomy in a large prospective...

INTRODUCTION Endoscopic polypectomy is the gold standard in the treatment of colorectal polyps. The importance of polypectomy rests primarily on the fact that polyp-type lesions present a high risk of malignant degeneration, colorectal polyps being able, if left unattended therapeutically, to generate a colorectal cancer (CRC) - a lesion with a far more negative prognosis. Although preferable, ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Colonoscopic polypectomy is highly efficient in preventing colorectal cancer, but polyps may not always be completely removed. Improved knowledge of the risk factors for incomplete polyp resection after polypectomy may decrease the cancer risk and additional costs. The aim of this study was to investigate the conditions that can cause incomplete polyp resection (IPR) after colon...

OBJECTIVE To compare the 3-year results of 2 endoscopic surgical approaches in the management of nasal polyposis. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Private or institutional practice. PATIENTS A total of 127 patients with nasal polyposis were operated on by the same surgeon between January 1, 2003, and September 31, 2005. INTERVENTION The patients underwent radical ethm...

PWE-194 Figure 1 Abstract PWE-194 Table 1 Polypectomy methodsPWE-194 Table 1 Polypectomy methods Polyp size Cold biopsy Hot biopsy Snare EMR Not removed Unknown #3 mm 10 0 23 14 6 0 4e5 mm 2 3 18 18 3 1