Ioana Popescu Crainic, Roupen Djinbachian, Douglas K Rex, Alan Barkun, Aasma Shaukat, James East, Cesare Hassan, Yuichi Mori, Heiko Pohl, Amit Rastogi, Prateek Sharma, Joseph C Anderson, Mahsa Taghiakbari, Edgard Medawar, Daniel von Renteln
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Accurate polyp size estimation during colonoscopy has an impact on clinical decision-making. A laser-based virtual scale endoscope (VSE) is available to allow measuring polyp size using a virtual adaptive scale. This study evaluates video-based polyp size measurement accuracy among expert endoscopists using either VSE or visual assessment (VA) with either snare as reference size or without any reference size information. METHODS: A prospective, video-based study was conducted with 10 expert endoscopists...
February 9, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology