The results showed gastroenterologists with average withdrawal times of 6 minutes or more in patients without polyps were 1.8 times more likely to detect one or more polyps, and they had a significantly higher rate of polyp detection in patients with findings of polyps compared to gastroenterologists with average withdrawal times of less than 6 minutes in patients with no polyps, according to an abstract of the study.
The quality assurance review was conducted in 49 ASCs in 17 states with 315 gastroenterologists, and multivariable analysis was used to examine factors affecting withdrawal time and polyp detection, according to the study abstract.
Read the abstract of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology study of colonoscopy withdrawal times.
