This was a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial designed to compare the efficacy and safety of cold versus hot snare polypectomy for the removal of 4-10 mm pedunculated colorectal polyps. The primary outcome was delayed postpolypectomy bleeding. The secondary outcomes included immediate postpolypectomy bleeding, procedure time, en bloc resection, complete histologic resection, use of haemostatic clips and perforation rate.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
196
Cold snare polypectomy was conducted for the removal of 4-10 mm pedunculated colorectal polyps.
Hot snare polypectomy was conducted for the removal of 4-10 mm pedunculated colorectal polyps.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Jinan, Shandong, China
delayed postoperative bleeding
bleeding that developed within 2 weeks after the patient left the endoscopy unit
Time frame: interviewed by telephone on days 2 and 14 after polypectomy
immediate postpolypectomy bleeding
Blood spray or persistent oozing for more than 60 seconds requiring endoscopic intervention
Time frame: during the polypectomy
procedure time
The duration from the appearance of the snare on the monitor to the time when the endoscope was withdrawn from the lesion
Time frame: during the polypectomy
en bloc resection
Removal of a polyp with a single cut and was assessed by the colonoscopist
Time frame: during the polypectomy
complete histologic resection
Clear resection margins, no polyp involvement
Time frame: during the polypectomy
use of haemostatic clips
Time frame: during the polypectomy
perforation rate
Proportion of patients with intraoperative or postoperative perforation
Time frame: during the polypectomy, and interviewed by telephone on days 2 and 14 after polypectomy
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