Efficacy and Safety of Cold Versus Hot Snare Polypectomy for Removal of 4-10 mm Pedunculated Colorectal Polyps

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Contraindication to colonoscopy or polypectomy
• •2. Use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs within 1 week before polypectomy
• •3. Alarming signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer (blood in stool, black stool, unexplained anaemia and weight loss, abdominal mass, positive rectal examination; or imaging and laboratory tests highly suspicious for colorectal cancer) or endoscopic manifestations of polyps highly suspicious for high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or carcinoma
• •4. Comorbidity with inflammatory bowel disease, colonic polyposis, or active gastrointestinal bleeding
• •5. Inadequate bowel preparation
• •6. Pregnant or lactating women
• •7. Failure to sign the informed consent form
• •8. Patients deemed ineligible by investigators to enrol in the trial