For the removal of benign colorectal polyps, surgery is often favored over endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), a procedure that is considered safer and less expensive, according to research submitted to the 2020 Digestive Disease Week.
According to the studies, half of colorectal lesions referred to surgeons are benign polyps, and one-third to one-half of these could, and probably should, be treated by EMR instead. Doing so would spare one in five patients the risk for postoperative