Several studies have found that rates of surgery for benign colorectal polyps continue to be high, despite clear evidence that endoscopic resection is safer and more cost-effective than surgical resection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a single-center U.S. study, 315 patients with benign colorectal polyps were referred to the colorectal surgery department; 117 of these patients were referred to the center\u2019s interventional endoscopists for endoscopic resection. Of these, 87.2% were successfully resected endoscopically, and 5% had invasive cancer. The recurrence rate after endoscopic resection was 27%. Gastroenterologists accounted for more than two-thirds of the referrals to colorectal surgery. Predictors that patients ultimately underwent surgical resection of a benign polyp included referral by a gastroenterologist at the academic health center (odds ratio [OR], 2.52) and location of the lesion in the proximal colon (OR for distal location, 0.45). The strongest predictor was intramucosal adenocarcinoma on presurgical evaluation (OR, 5.72).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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