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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Jun 12;74(2):334–340. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.1250

Table 1.

Procedures with more than one polyp detected during screening or surveillance colonoscopy (n=1185)

Feature Number of procedures %
Procedures with >1 polyp submitted in same container for pathologic evaluation 569 48.0
2 polyps per container 412 34.8%
3 polyps per container 103 8.7%
4 polyps per container 33 2.8%
≥5 polyps per container 21 1.8%
Polyp Location in procedures with >1 polyp submitted in same container for pathologic evaluation
Left colon only 350 29.5%
Right colon only 207 17.5%
Right AND Left colon 12 1.0%