Since 2017, ESGE guidelines require that a standard snare should no longer be used for the removal of small polyps, and especially diminutive polyps. The
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Polypectomy of Small Polyps – ESGE Guideline Recommends Cold Snare Polypectomy (CSP)
Cold Snare on the Rise?
Cold snare resection has been established in diminutive polyps (up to 5 mm) as being at least as safe and partially more effective than biopsy
