Post written by Kenichiro Okimoto, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. Prophylactic clipping may be unnecessary to prevent delayed bleeding (DB) after colorectal cold snare polypectomy (CSP) in patients on antithrombotic agents. There is no consensus on the effectiveness of prophylactic clipping after colonic CSP. This study …
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Cold snare versus cold forceps polypectomy for endoscopic resection of diminutive polyps: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Post written by Faisal Kamal, MD, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In this study, our focus was to compare cold snare polypectomy with cold forceps polypectomy for endoscopic resection of diminutive colorectal polyps by conducting a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The practices for resection of diminutive colorectal polyps vary among endoscopists. The …
Width and depth of resection for small colorectal polyps
Post written by Sho Suzuki, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We conducted this prospective, randomized, exploratory study to investigate the resection width and depth achieved by cold snare polypectomy (CSP) for small colorectal polyps compared to those achieved by hot snare …
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Cold snare polypectomy for polyp adjacent to colonic diverticulum
Post written by Yoko Kubosawa, MD, and Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, and the Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We report 2 cases of cold snare polypectomy for polyp …
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