Kazuya Inoki, Hiroyuki Takamaru, Hiroto Furuhashi, Yoshihiro Kishida, Yuichi Shimodate, Yorinobu Sumida, Kazuya Hosotani, Hiroya Ueyama, Yohei Furumoto, Shinichi Hashimoto, Yoji Takeuchi, Ryoji Ichijima, Yashiro Yoshizawa, Takuto Suzuki, Yosuke Minoda, Kazuhiro Mizukami, Tomoaki Matsumura, Toyotaka Kasai, Takeshi Yamamura, Ken Ohnita, Ken Hara, Mitsuru Esaki, Atsushi Katagiri, Hideki Ishikawa, Takuji Gotoda
BACKGROUND: The clinical course and surveillance strategy for patients who undergo cold snare polypectomy (CSP) for high-grade dysplasia (HGD) or cancer is unclear. We investigated the management of colorectal HGDs and cancers following CSP. METHODS: This Japanese nationwide multicenter exploratory study was retrospectively conducted on patients who had undergone CSP for colorectal HGDs or cancers and follow-up colonoscopy at least once from 2014 to 2020. We investigated the detection rate of CSP scars, local recurrence rate (LRR), risk factors for local recurrence, and follow-up strategy...
March 20, 2023: Journal of Gastroenterology