For resection of sporadic nonampullary duodenal adenomas, cold snare polypectomy is as effective and potentially safer than hot snare, according to a comparison of the two techniques from researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
“Patients having cold snare polypectomy [CSP] had a decreased risk of delayed complications and no significant difference in polyp recurrence,” said Mehul Trivedi, MD, a resident at UC San Diego, presenting the findings at the 2021 annual