{"id":10739,"date":"2021-08-06T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=10739"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:12:00","slug":"new-data-indicate-that-surgery-rates-for-benign-polyps-might-be-finally-declining","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/new-data-indicate-that-surgery-rates-for-benign-polyps-might-be-finally-declining\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data Indicate That Surgery Rates for Benign Polyps Might Be Finally Declining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several recent studies have collectively reported that surgery rates for benign colorectal polyps in the U.S. have continued to increase even though surgery results in more mortality, morbidity, and cost than endoscopic resection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evaluating 2010 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018 data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database, the authors identified about 164,000 persons undergoing surgery for benign polyps, with index admission mortality rates of 0.3% to 0.4%. Postoperative morbidity and 30-day readmission rates were 20.5% and 8.5% in the first period and 13.0% and 7.6% in the second period, respectively. In both periods, male sex, \u22653 comorbidities, Medicare or Medicaid insurance, and open surgery (vs laparoscopic) predicted an increased risk of postoperative morbidity and 30-day readmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first interval, the number of surgeries for benign polyps increased gradually from 21,491 to 22,041 per year. In the 2016 to 2018 interval, the number of cases decreased from 19,209 in 2016 to 17,393 in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several recent studies have collectively reported that surgery rates for benign colorectal polyps in the U.S. have continued to increase even though surgery results in more mortality, morbidity, and cost than endoscopic resection.&nbsp; Evaluating 2010 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018 data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database, the authors identified about 164,000 persons undergoing surgery &#8230; <a title=\"New Data Indicate That Surgery Rates for Benign Polyps Might Be Finally Declining\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/new-data-indicate-that-surgery-rates-for-benign-polyps-might-be-finally-declining\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Data Indicate That Surgery Rates for Benign Polyps Might Be Finally Declining\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[2885,2058,2072,2867],"class_list":["post-10739","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-benign","tag-colon-2","tag-polyps-2","tag-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/10739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}