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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2016; 22(28): 6539-6546
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i28.6539
Published online Jul 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i28.6539
Can optical diagnosis of small colon polyps be accurate? Comparing standard scope without narrow banding to high definition scope with narrow banding
Hassan Ashktorab, Firoozeh Etaati, Farahnaz Rezaeean, Mehdi Nouraie, Mansour Paydar, Hassan Hassanzadeh Namin, Andrew Sanderson, Rehana Begum, Kawtar Alkhalloufi, Hassan Brim, Adeyinka O Laiyemo, Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this work.
Supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (in part) , Award No. G12MD007597 .
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Correspondence to: Hassan Ashktorab, PhD, Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University College of Medicine, 2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20060, United States. hashktorab@howard.edu
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Received: March 4, 2015
Peer-review started: March 5, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: August 24, 2015
Accepted: September 30, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: July 28, 2016
Peer-review started: March 5, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: August 24, 2015
Accepted: September 30, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: July 28, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: This study analyzed the size of polyps and stated whether the polyps being removed were hyperplastic or adenomatous polyps using standard colonoscopes or high definition colonoscopes with narrow band imaging (NBI), suggests that high definition scope was more sensitive in diagnosis of adenoma than standard white light colonoscope without NBI scope. Hence we save money for eliminating time and the cost of immunohistochemistry/pathology.