A comparative study of cold snare and hot snare resection of colon polyps / Монголын Анагаах Ухаан

ABSTRACT

Introduction@#Colorectal cancer remains one of the critical healthcare challenges nowadays. Most patients’ disease, especially colorectal polyps develop via the adenoma carcinoma sequence; using colonoscopy with polypectomy reduces both mortality and incidence by removing precancerous adenomas, which are called polyps. In recent years, colorectal cancer tends to increase among Asian population. There are only limited studies that have been conducted in Mongolia regarding colorectal polypectomy and its complications. Both cold polypectomy and hot polypectomy are accepted methods. In this study, we aimed to compare the complications (bleeding, perforation) between cold snare polypectomy (CSP) and hot snare polypectomy (HSP) of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. After the procedure, repeated endoscopy was performed to compare the incomplete resection rate (IRR) and complete resection rate (CRR) of mucosal residual and presence of recurrency. This method helped us to investigate which of the two methods is most prevalent for polypectomy.@*Materials and Method@#The research was carried out using a targeted sampling method from the cases where colonoscopy was performed between 2020 and 2022, based on the Center for Imaging Diagnostics and Pathology of Third General Hospital of Mongolia with a colonoscopy with a high-performance Olympus EVIS EXERA III brand NBI from Japan. In this study, we selected only hyperplastic polyps and adenomas <10 mm in size. Polyps less than 5 mm in size should be removed using the cold snare method according to the recommendation, and polyps between 5-10 mm should be removed using the hot snare method. After polypectomy, we assessed deep mucosal lesions using the Sydney classification.@*Result @#According to the results of the study, in terms of age, the percentage of people having a polyp removed was relatively low among 15-39 year olds compared to the other age groups, while it was higher in those aged >65 years. In terms of body mass index, 75% of the total number of people who had a tumor removed were overweight, indicating that overweight or obese people are at higher risk of developing a colorectal polyps. In terms of gender, 63% of people who had a polyp removed were male, indicating a male predominance in polyp prevalence. The percentage of tumor questionnaires in the total study population was 0% or absent. Early detection of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps, which are precursors of tumor, is the main way to prevent the development of cancer. A slightly raised polyp was present in 53 or 79.1% of the polyps, while a broad-based polyp occurred in 13 or 19% of the polyps, indicating the predominance of the slightly raised polyp in the population. In terms of location, polyps occurred more often in the descending colon and the sigmoid colon, and complications (perforation, bleeding) related to the anatomical structure and location are more likely to occur in these parts of the colon. However, the likelihood of relapse is very low. The procedure time was 17.6 minutes on average, and in 14 cases, hemostatic clamps were placed to prevent the risk of bleeding, and in 5 cases, epinephrine was injected for hemostasis. Early detection of colorectal diseases (endoscopy), changes in the lifestyle of clients, and regular preventive examinations are the main factors to reduce the risk of cancer development, and early start of treatment as well as complete removal of adenoma, an antecedent to cancer, will have a significant impact on cancer prevention and mortality reduction.@*Conclusions@#</br>1. Left sided polyps were commonly diagnosed among study participants. </br>2. Correlation between the probability of recurrence and the anatomical location of the polyps was very low. </br>3. Our results suggest that HSP and CSP techniques can be effectively used for the complete removal of 4–10mm colorectal polyps. Moreover, there was no significant difference between CSP and HSP in terms of overall complications.