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ArticleCureus2025

Postpolypectomy Syndrome Without the Use of Hot Snare.

Ryan D Plunkett, Neel Matiwala, Matthew Schroeder, Amna Qureshi, Michael Presti

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ryan D PlunkettInternal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Neel MatiwalaInternal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Matthew SchroederGastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA.
Amna QureshiPathology, John Cochran Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis, USA.
Michael PrestiGastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Louis, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism of postpolypectomy syndrome (PPS) has been largely attributed to transmural injury related to electrocoagulation. This syndrome classically presents with fever, leukocytosis, localized peritoneal inflammation, and abdominal pain following colonoscopy with polypectomy, resolving with conservative management. However, this case describes a patient who presented with these symptoms after undergoing resection of 11 polyps via cold snare and biopsy forceps. Histology did not show deep colonic injury from the polypectomy, and no electrocoagulation was used, making this case inconsistent with the accepted explanation of postpolypectomy syndrome.

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clinical case reportcold biopsy forceps polypectomycold snare polypectomyhot snare polypectomypostpolypectomy syndrome (pps)

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PMID40091948
PMCPMC11910993

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