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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 16, 2014; 6(10): 493-498
Published online Oct 16, 2014. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v6.i10.493
Published online Oct 16, 2014. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v6.i10.493
What can be the criteria of outpatient-based endoscopic resection for colon polyp?
Hyung Hun Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 137-701, South Korea
Hyung Hun Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Eun Joo Cho, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University, College of Medicine, Busan 602-702, South Korea
Author contributions: Kim HH designed the study, performed statistical analysis, and wrote the paper; Kim SE reviewed statistical analysis and discussion; Cho EJ established the documentation for the study.
Supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, No. NRF-2013R1A1A1009682
Correspondence to: Hyung Hun Kim, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seocho-gu, Seoul-si 137-701, South Korea. drhhkim@gmail.com
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Received: June 25, 2014
Revised: July 21, 2014
Accepted: September 4, 2014
Published online: October 16, 2014
Revised: July 21, 2014
Accepted: September 4, 2014
Published online: October 16, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: There has been a belief that it is safe to perform outpatient-based endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for a colon polyp ≤ 10 mm. We found out that the risk of delayed bleeding was 0.05% to 0.43% and that the risk of serious immediate bleeding was 0.10% to 0.56% in polyps ≤ 10 mm. From these results, we induced the conclusion that outpatient-based EMR for polyps no more than 10 mm can be performed without serious concern.