Difficult Colon Polypectomies

Clinical Hospital Colentina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colon Polyps

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01504425

COL-GASTRO-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim to define the concept of difficult colonic polypectomy and investigate whether resection methods (hot/cold snare, Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)), adjuvant techniques (endoloop, prophylactic hemoclip placement, submucosal injection) and operator experience have an impact on polypectomy outcomes and complication rate.

Enrollment: 91 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• colonic polyps that are deemed difficult to resect by the endoscopist

Exclusion criteria

• patient refusal to participate in the trial