US endoscopists frequently stray from established best practices when removing colon polyps smaller than 1 cm, with fewer than 60% of procedures using the recommended cold snare technique, an analysis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps smaller than 1 cm significantly reduced the risk for delayed ...

Cold or hot snare polypectomy is recommended for nonpedunculated (10 to 19 mm) lesions. Endoscopic mucosal resection is recommended as the preferred treatment method of large nonpedunculated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center and physician Medicare payments for gastroenterology/endoscopy procedures involving polypectomy, according to Boston Scientific’s 2014 Coding & ...

Q: I had a polyp removed at my last colonoscopy. Does this mean I will get colon cancer? A: Colon polyps are abnormal growths that develop in the lining of the colon (large intestine). They are ...

Colorectal polyps are small growths on the inner lining of the colon. Polyps are not usually cancerous; most are hyperplastic polyps with a low risk of cancer; but some (known as adenomatous polyps) ...