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Patients' preferences about follow-up of medium size polyps detected at screening CT colonography.
- Source :
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Abdominal imaging [Abdom Imaging] 2011 Dec; Vol. 36 (6), pp. 713-7. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Purpose: To evaluate patients' preferences regarding follow-up of medium size polyps detected at screening CT colonography (CTC).<br />Methods and Materials: 193 C-RADS2 asymptomatic patients were asked to fill in a form explaining the indications, technique and potential complications of CTC, and were invited to choose their preferred examination technique (CTC or optical colonoscopy: OC) and their follow-up interval by repeated consultations at 3-month intervals. The follow-up interval for CTC and OC was recorded.<br />Results: 87/193 C-RADS2 patients (45.1%) accepted follow-up. Average time interval for follow-up was comparable between CTC and OC (9.00 ± 4.24 vs. 9.00 ± 4.39 months, respectively; P = 0.7188). No patients chose to undergo a 3-year follow-up with either CTC or OC. Most patients elected to have follow-up with either CTC or OC before 18 months rather than later (P = 0.0004).<br />Conclusions: A substantial fraction of C-RADS2 patients prefer to undergo immediate OC and polyp removal rather than follow-up, and the majority of those accepting follow-up are willing to wait for less than 18 months. Such findings may suggest a revision of the proposed C-RADS2 category.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Barium Sulfate administration & dosage
Cathartics administration & dosage
Colonoscopy
Contrast Media administration & dosage
Diatrizoate Meglumine administration & dosage
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polyethylene Glycols administration & dosage
Prospective Studies
Statistics, Nonparametric
Colonic Polyps diagnostic imaging
Colonography, Computed Tomographic methods
Patient Preference
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-0509
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Abdominal imaging
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21161217
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-010-9671-z