This report from the U.S. evaluated 144 patients undergoing surgical resection for benign colorectal polyps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were 118 referred patients without an attempt at endoscopic removal. Of these, 22% (n=26) had a polyp <2 cm in size, 23 of which were on the right side of the colon. There were 22 patients (15%) with incomplete endoscopic resection (16 on the right side of the colon, 6 on the left side of the colon). Twelve of these had residual polyp sized <2 cm. In-hospital surgical mortality was 0.7% and morbidity was 20.1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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