Table 2.

Indications related to colonoscopy

Procedural indication	Critical patient-important outcome(s)	Consensus time interval	Consensus reached (%)
12A >2 cm colon polyp with biopsies showing adenoma, for EMR	Avoidance of cancer/cancer progression; avoidance of major surgery and/or hospitalization	Defer >8 weeks, and reassess timing	84.6
13A >2 cm colon polyp with biopsies showing adenoma with high-grade dysplasia, for EMR∗ , † , ‡	Avoidance of cancer/cancer progression; avoidance of major surgery and/or hospitalization	Defer >8 weeks, and reassess timing	82
14Bowel obstruction from obstructing colon mass, for colon stent placement	Improvement or palliation of symptoms; avoidance of major surgery and/or hospitalization	Within 1 week	100

^∗No consensus achieved on the first round of voting.

^†No consensus achieved on the second round of voting.

^‡Consensus was achieved on the third round of voting.