Overutilization of post-polypectomy surveillance colonoscopy in clinical practice: A prospective, multicentre study

Although the adherence to post-polipectomy recommendations is advocated as a quality indicator of colonoscopy programmes, prospective data on actual use of surveillance are lacking.To evaluate the appropriateness of post-polypectomy surveillance colonoscopy on a community-wide basis and to identify factors associated with it.Data on consecutive post-polypectomy surveillance examinations performed over a 4-week period in 29 Italian endoscopy...