5. Winawer, SJ, Zauber, AG, Ho, MN, et al. Prevention of colorectal cancer by colonoscopic polypectomy. N Engl J Med 1993;329:1977-1981 ...

Polypectomy is the removal of a polyp. The most common types of polyp removal surgeries include uterine polypectomies and colon polypectomies. However, a doctor can perform a polypectomy on any ...

Polypectomy surveillance NEW YORK, June 15 (Praxis Press) Whether colonoscopy is more effective than barium enema for the detection of adenomas in polypectomy patients is unclear. Winawer and ...

In a recent study of US veterans who underwent a colonoscopy with polypectomy between 1999 and 2016 that was labeled negative for cancer, Gupta and his colleagues found that over a median follow ...

According to Attard, polypectomy entails an increased risk of 2.67 (95% CI, 1.01-7.03) for bleeding compared with routine colonoscopy, which only increases to a 3.23 times higher risk for bleeding ...

A polypectomy snare is a wire loop device used during colonoscopy designed to slip over a polyp and, on closure, results in cutting the polyp off at its stalk. Conventional snare polypectomy uses ...

Conclusions: Combination polypectomy or excisional biopsy with IR LTD procedures are associated with improved survival compared to excisional biopsy alone for the treatment of rectal cancer. Our ...

Cold snare polypectomy effective for removal of small colorectal polyps in patients on anticoagulants Date: March 21, 2014 Source: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Summary: A new ...

Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps smaller than 1 cm significantly reduced the risk for delayed bleeding and improved procedural efficiency compared with hot snare polypectomy, according ...