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. 2015 Jan 14;3(1):C1. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1391366

Diminutive colorectal polyp resection comparing hot and cold snare and cold biopsy forceps polypectomy. Results of a pilot randomized, single-center study

Victoria Gómez 1,, Raul J Badillo 1, Julia E Crook 2, Murli Krishna 3, Nancy N Diehl 2, Michael B Wallace 1
PMCID: PMC4990023  PMID: 27547814

Victoria Gómez, Raul J. Badillo, Julia E. Crook et al. Diminutive colorectal polyp resection comparing hot and cold snare and cold biopsy forceps polypectomy. Results of a pilot randomized, single-center study. Endoscopy International Open 2; 2014: published online 19.11.2014

Table 3 contained an error. The group for polyp 3 was changed. The corrected table is inserted below.

Table 3. Information on the five polyps with residual neoplasia at the polyp base.

Variable Polyp
1 2 3 4 5
Group Cold snare Cold snare Cold forceps Cold forceps Cold forceps
Polyp location Ascending Ascending Ascending Transverse Cecum
Polyp shape Sessile Sessile Sessile Sessile Sessile
Polyp size (mm) 5 4 3 5 3
Number of snare passes/bites to remove polyp 1 1 2 5 2
Time of polypectomy removal (s) 41 122 59 115 40
Base snared successfully with EMR technique Yes No No Yes Yes
Time of base lift and removal (s) 125 148 79 240 88
Number of passes/bites for base lift 1 4 4 1 1
Histopathology of polyp Adenoma Adenoma Adenoma Sessile serrated Sessile serrated
Histopathology of base tissue Adenoma Adenoma Adenoma Sessile serrated Sessile serrated

Abbreviation: EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection.


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