Fifteen endoscopists performed 2,706 average-risk screening colonoscopies for the study. Endoscopists’ polypectomy rates correlated well with their adenoma detection rates, which researchers say is burdensome to calculate. Further, endoscopists achieving benchmark polypectomy rates (40 percent and 30 percent for men and women, respectively) achieved a higher adenoma detection rate for both genders than those who did not.
Read the study about polypectomy rates as quality measures.
Read other coverage about quality in GI:
– Study: Not All Cases of Chronic Pancreatitis Due to Alcohol
– Medicare Claims Sensitivity Low for Tumor Detection and Incomplete Colonoscopy
– ASGE New Initiative Issues Report on Diminutive Colorectal Polyps
