Just over half of endoscopists use cold snare polypectomy to remove small polyps of less than 1 cm, despite recommendations from the U.S. Multisociety Task Force for its use in small lesions, shows ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Polyps in the colon and rectum (together called colorectal polyps) are common in people over age 50. They are usually ...

Table 1 provides information about patient (n = 82641) and polyp characteristics stratified by the size of the largest detected polyp. The mean age of all patients was 60.9 ± 9.2 years of age. Forty ...

Accurate measurement of colorectal polyp size is crucial for determining patient management and surveillance intervals, as polyp dimensions are closely linked to malignancy risk. Traditional methods ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cold forceps polypectomies were effectively noninferior to cold snare polypectomies for complete resection of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The reason we have this talk is because we think of polypectomy as entailing higher risk, of course,” Thomas ...

In terms of CRC mortality, however, the risk increased only in patients with sessile serrated polyps, tubulovillous adenomas, or villous adenomas but not in those with hyperplastic polyps or tubular ...

Currently, patients taking anticoagulants to prevent stroke and blood clots are often recommended to stop these medications in order to perform colonoscopy with removal of polyps. However, ...

When Jim Blocher got a colonoscopy at the Columbus Free Clinic, his doctor found a polyp the size of a lime. Blocher, at age 67, was uninsured and decades overdue for a colonoscopy. Despite his age ...

For severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, the novel monoclonal antibody stapokibart reduced symptoms and polyp size atop treatment with a daily intranasal corticosteroid. The polyp size ...