Elective colectomy for treatment of benign colon polyps: National surgical trends, outcomes, and cost analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and study aims

Although endoscopic resection is recommended for management of complex benign colon polyps, patients are routinely referred for surgical resection. Little is known about the effects of these elective colectomies on patient outcomes. We sought to determine trends, surgical outcomes, and costs of elective colectomy for benign colon polyps.

Patients and methods

We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of veterans nationwide using the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) database linked to the national VA Corporate Data Warehouse database. We included all veterans (N = 7,102) undergoing elective colectomy for benign polyps from 2000 to 2015. Outcomes of interest were rates of colectomy, surgical pathology findings,

SUBMITTER: Kaltenbach T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12550741 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature