Hot or cold? Study identifies best snare polypectomy to cut delayed bleeding risk
Cold snare polypectomy was also tied to shorter mean polypectomy time and fewer ED visits.
Cold snare polypectomy for small colorectal polyps reduces the risk for delayed post-polypectomy bleeding compared with hot snare polypectomy, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dr Li-Chun Chang, from National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, and colleagues compared the risk for delayed bleeding after polypectomy with cold snare vs hot snare polypectomy in a multicentre randomised controlled study involving 4270 participants aged 40 or older with polyps of 4-10mm.
