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Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 7/2022

06-01-2022 | Colonoscopy

Accuracy in optical diagnosis for polyps between 5 and 15 mm and its implications on surveillance. A prospective, multicenter study. (POPS study)

Authors: Eduardo Redondo-Cerezo, Clara Heredia-Carrasco, Carlos Alegría-Motte, Antonio Caballero-Mateos, Francisco Vadillo-Calles, Eva Julissa Ortega-Suazo, Virgilio Martos-Ruiz, Jose Luis Ariza-Fernández, Elisabet López-González, Juan Gabriel Martínez-Cara, Francisco Valverde-Lopez, Mercedes López de Hierro, Damián Sánchez-Capilla, Javier Luis López-Hidalgo, Rita Jimenez-Rosales

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 7/2022

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Abstract

Background and aims

Polyps histology and diameter up to 1 cm determine whether a patient needs a colonoscopy after 3 years or less, or far ahead. Endoscopists’ and pathologists’ size estimations can be imprecise. Our aim was to assess endoscopist ability to correctly recommend surveillance colonoscopies for patients with polyps around the 10 mm threshold, based on its endoscopic sizing and optical diagnosis by NBI.

Methods

NBI-assisted diagnosis and endoscopist estimation of polyp size were compared with reference standard, considering this as the post resection polyp measurements by the nurse assistant and the pathologic results, in a prospective, multicenter, real life study, that recruited adults undergoing colonoscopy in five hospitals. By comparing the endoscopic and pathologist size estimation, with polyps’ measurement after resection, and optical and histological diagnoses in patients with polyps between 5 and 15 mm, sensitivity was assessed at the patient level by means of two characteristics: the presence of adenoma, and the surveillance interval. Surveillance intervals were established by the endoscopist, based on optical diagnosis, and by another gastroenterologist, grounded on the pathologic report. Determinants of accuracy were explored at the polyp level.

Results

532 polyps were resected in 451 patients. Size estimation was more precise for the endoscopist. Endoscopist sensitivity for the presence of adenoma or carcinoma was 98.7%. Considering the presence of high-grade dysplasia or cancer, sensitivity was 82.6% for the endoscopic optical diagnosis. Sensitivity for a correct 3-year surveillance interval was 91.5%, specificity 82.3%, with a PPV of 93.2% and NPV of 78.5% for the endoscopist. 6.51% of patients would have had their follow-up colonoscopy delayed, whereas 22 (4.8%) would have it been performed earlier, had endoscopist recommendations been followed.

Conclusion

Our study observes that NBI optical diagnosis can be recommended in routine practice to establish surveillance intervals for polyps between 5 and 15 mm.
Clinical Trials Registration Number: NCT04232176
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Metadata
Title
Accuracy in optical diagnosis for polyps between 5 and 15 mm and its implications on surveillance. A prospective, multicenter study. (POPS study)
Authors
Eduardo Redondo-Cerezo
Clara Heredia-Carrasco
Carlos Alegría-Motte
Antonio Caballero-Mateos
Francisco Vadillo-Calles
Eva Julissa Ortega-Suazo
Virgilio Martos-Ruiz
Jose Luis Ariza-Fernández
Elisabet López-González
Juan Gabriel Martínez-Cara
Francisco Valverde-Lopez
Mercedes López de Hierro
Damián Sánchez-Capilla
Javier Luis López-Hidalgo
Rita Jimenez-Rosales
Publication date
06-01-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Keyword
Colonoscopy
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 7/2022
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08917-w

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