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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2012 Apr 5;62(3):404–408. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300514

Table 6.

Indications and surgical pathology of patients undergoing surgery

Age (years) Indication for surgery Surgical pathology
55 Polyps too numerous to remove by colonoscopy >100 HP throughout colon
36 Polyps too numerous to remove by colonoscopy >140 HP, 10 SSA/P, 10 TA
53 Polyps too numerous to remove by colonoscopy >100 HPs throughout colon
66 Many polyps/tortuous colon unable to survey 36 HP, 2 SSA/P, 1 TVA, 1 TA
42 Individual polyp(s) unable to be removed by colonoscopy 15 HP with two >1 cm
61 Individual polyp(s) unable to be removed by colonoscopy 7 SSA/P with two >2 cm, 1 TVA
53 Individual polyp(s) unable to be removed by endoscopy and tortuous colon precluded complete colonoscopy 80 HP, 1 adenoma
50 Individual polyp(s) unable to be removed by colonoscopy 13 HP with two >1 cm
50 CRC on colonoscopy biopsy 20 HP, 1 SSA/P, 1 TA, 1 TVA with adenocarcinoma
45 CRC on colonoscopy biopsy Adenocarcinoma
39 TVA with high grade dysplasia 60 HP, 1 TVA, 5 TA,
51 Dysplasia in SSA/P 13 HP, 4 SSA/P >3 cm, 1 SSA/P with adenocarcioma

CRC, colorectal cancer; HP, hyperplastic polyps; SSA/P, sessile serrated adenomas/polyps; TA, tubular adenomas; TVA, tubulovillous adenomas.