Adherence to Recommendations for Repeat Surveillance After Publication of New Postpolypectomy Guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The 2012 and 2020 US Multi-Society Task Force postpolypectomy guidelines have recommended progressively longer surveillance intervals for patients with low-risk adenomas (LRAs). These guidelines require data from past colonoscopies. We examined the impact of the 2012 guidelines for second surveillance on clinical practice, including the availability of prior colonoscopy data, with the aim of informing the implementation of the 2020 guidelines.

Methods

We identified surveillance colonoscopies at Stanford Health Care and the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System in 3 periods: preguideline (March-August 2012), postguideline (January-June 2013), and delayed postguideline (July-September 2017). We collected data on the most recent previous colonoscopy,

SUBMITTER: Rosas US 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11307611 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature