The impact of the national bowel screening program in the Netherlands on detection and treatment of endoscopically unresectable benign polyps

ConclusionsThe number of patients referred for benign polyps tripled after introduction of the screening program. With an overall major morbidity and mortality rate of 11.8%, it seems valid to discuss whether an endoscopic excision with advanced techniques with or without laparoscopic assistance would be preferable in this patient group, accepting a 6.6% reoperation rate for additional oncological resection with lymph node sampling in patients in whom a malignancy is found on histological analysis of the complete polyp.
Source: Techniques in Coloproctology - Category: Surgery Source Type: research