The Influence of Snare Size on the Utility and Safety of Cold Snare Polypectomy for the Removal of Colonic Polyps in Japanese Patients

Hisatsugu Noda, Naotaka Ogasawara, Tomoya Sugiyama, Takashi Yoshimine, Yasuhiro Tamura, Shinya Izawa, Yoshihiro Kondo, Masahide Ebi, Yasushi Funaki, Makoto Sasaki, Kunio Kasugai, Hisatsugu Noda, Naotaka Ogasawara, Tomoya Sugiyama, Takashi Yoshimine, Yasuhiro Tamura, Shinya Izawa, Yoshihiro Kondo, Masahide Ebi, Yasushi Funaki, Makoto Sasaki, Kunio Kasugai

Abstract

Background: Cold snare polypectomy (CSP) has been recently reported to be useful for the removal of small colonic polyps. However, the relationship between the histologically complete resection rate and snare size used during CSP has not been reported. Our aim was to assess the utility of CSP.

Methods: We analyzed the histologically complete resection rates and the frequency of complications for 175 colon polyps removed by CSP. Moreover, we examined the histologically complete resection rate associated with different snare sizes used during CSP.

Results: There was no significant difference in the histologically complete resection rate between endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) (60.9%) and CSP (53.1%). There were also no significant differences in the frequency of complications including perforation and postoperative bleeding between EMR (perforation: none; postoperative bleeding: two patients) and CSP (perforation: none; postoperative bleeding: none). Histological examination revealed that the complete resection rate of CSP using a short snare (61.6%) was significantly higher than that of CSP using a long snare (44.9%; P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the frequency of complications between CSP using the short snare and that using the long snare.

Conclusions: CSP is a safe, useful method for the removal of colonic polyps. CSP using the short snare improved the histologically complete resection rates compared to the long snare. Future studies to further assess the utility of CSP are required.

Keywords: Cold snare polypectomy; Colon cancer; Colon polyp; Endoscopic submucosal resection; Snare size.

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