Adenomas
Study Data from Barry University Provide New Insights into Adenomas
Published in Gastroenterology Week, January 2nd, 2012
2012 JAN 2 -- In this recently published study, investigators in Miami Shores, Florida conducted a study "To investigate the rates of polyp detection in a mixed risk population using standard definition (SDC) vs high definition colonoscopes (HDC). This was a retrospective cohort comparative study of 3 colonoscopists who each consecutively performed 150 SDC (307, 200 pixel) and 150 HDC (792, 576 pixels) in a community teaching hospital."
"A total of 900 colonoscopies were evaluated (mean age 56, 46.8% men), 450 with each resolution. Polyps of any type were detected in 46.0% of patients using SDC and 43.3% with HDC (P = 0.42). There was no significant...
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