Comparison of postpolypectomy bleeding events between cold snare polypectomy and hot snare polypectomy for small colorectal lesions: a large-scale propensity score–matched analysis

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Post written by Hiroyuki Takamaru, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. We analyzed more than 12,000 colorectal lesions treated by cold snare polypectomy and 2400 treated by hot snare polypectomies. The rate of postpolypectomy bleeding after cold snare polypectomy was .1% compared with .5% after hot snare polypectomy. Next, …

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Postpolypectomy bleeding of colorectal polyps in patients with continuous warfarin and short-term interruption of direct oral anticoagulants

On March 8, 2021February 25, 2021 By giejournalIn GIE, InvestigationsLeave a comment

Post written by Hideaki Harada, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Our study aimed to clarify the risk of postpolypectomy bleeding (PPB) after endoscopic snare resection of colorectal polyps in patients receiving continuous warfarin and 1-day cessation of direct oral anticoagulants (O-DOACs) because the evidence for use of continuous anticoagulants …

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