The Wick Sign After Cold Snare Polypectomy: A Case Report

Cold snare polypectomy is now the preferred technique for resection of most small colorectal polyps. Endoscopists should be aware of a particular mucosal defect after cold snare polypectomy called the wick sign. The wick sign does not represent residual polyp and is not associated with adverse outco...

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Autores principales: Brennan, Gregory T, Albers, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7290115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32542128
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8073
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description Cold snare polypectomy is now the preferred technique for resection of most small colorectal polyps. Endoscopists should be aware of a particular mucosal defect after cold snare polypectomy called the wick sign. The wick sign does not represent residual polyp and is not associated with adverse outcomes. Accurate identification is important to prevent unnecessary intervention. A case is presented here with characteristic findings after polypectomy.
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spelling pubmed-72901152020-06-14 The Wick Sign After Cold Snare Polypectomy: A Case Report Brennan, Gregory T Albers, Gregory Cureus Internal Medicine Cold snare polypectomy is now the preferred technique for resection of most small colorectal polyps. Endoscopists should be aware of a particular mucosal defect after cold snare polypectomy called the wick sign. The wick sign does not represent residual polyp and is not associated with adverse outcomes. Accurate identification is important to prevent unnecessary intervention. A case is presented here with characteristic findings after polypectomy. Cureus 2020-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7290115/ /pubmed/32542128 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8073 Text en Copyright © 2020, Brennan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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