Analysis of Colonoscopy Withdrawl Time and Detection of Adenomatous Colon Polyp in a High Volume Private Practice Endocenter

Can we improve adenoma detection rates? A systematic review of intervention studies

“…Polyp detection rates did not change over the course of the intervention (P ϭ .63). 37 Five abstracts (in 4 patient populations) described interventions that provided physician feedback on adenoma/ polyp detection rates and withdrawal times together 38,39 or adenoma detection rates alone. 27,40,41 The studies were relatively short-term interventions over 3 to 8 months.…”

“…Two small studies showed trends toward improvement that were not statistically significant, 38,40,41 and the other 2 showed no improvement. 27,39 In general, almost all the abstracts demonstrated that withdrawal times could be increased but that this did not consistently result in improved adenoma detection rates.…”