Width and depth of resection for small colorectal polyps: hot versus cold snare polypectomy

Efficacy and safety of cold versus hot snare polypectomy for resecting small colorectal polyps: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Evaluation of the full text of the remaining studies excluded eight more: observational studies ( n = 4), comparison with cold forceps ( n = 3) and comparison with hot forceps ( n = 1) . The remaining eight studies were included in this meta‐analysis …”

“…The studies reviewed were conducted in China, Greece, Japan and the USA . The year of publication ranges from 2011 to 2018, and study periods were from 2008 to 2017.…”

“…One study partially used a dedicated snare for CSP . Each study used a different type of snare, except three studies that used the Captivator II (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA, USA) …”

“…compared the mucosal defects with HSP and CSP 1 day after polypectomy, and found expansion of the mucosal defect when using HSP and diminution of the defect after CSP. Also, the resected specimen after HSP had more submucosal tissue than CSP . Horiuchi et al .…”

Endoscopic prediction of advanced histology in diminutive and small colorectal polyps

“…There is a concern that specimens obtained by cold polypectomy techniques may be inappropriate for histological assessments of cancerous polyps. Suzuki et al . noted that submucosal tissue was observed only in 24% of CSP resected specimens.…”