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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2014 Feb 20;15(3):353–360. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70020-8

Table 5.

Polyps detected and missed

Polyps detected with standard forward-viewing colonoscopy Polyps detected with full-spectrum colonoscopy Total polyps identified Incremental polyps detected with full-spectrum colonoscopy* Incremental polyps detected with standard forward-viewing colonoscopy Polyp miss rate with standard forward-viewing colonoscopy Polyp miss rate with full-spectrum colonoscopy†
Standard forward-viewing colonoscopy first (n=88) 50 38 88 38/50 (76%); 61·8–86·9 .. 38/88 (43%); 32·7–54·2 ..
Full-spectrum colonoscopy first (n=97) 11 102 113 .. 11/102 (11%); 5·5–18·5 - 11/113 (10%); 5·0–16·8

Data are n or n/N (%) with 95% CI.

*

Full-spectrum endoscopy vs standard forward view additional polyps detected, p<0·0001.

†

Full-spectrum endoscopy vs standard forward view polyps missed, p<0·0001.