title: Cancerous colonic polyps. "Hands on" or "hands off?".
abstract: Management of the malignant colonic polyp remains a subject for debate even after almost two decades of experience. Some researchers believe all patients should have a colonic resection; others argue that only certain cases call for laparotomy, while still others hold for a selective approach but with varying criteria. Therefore, a survey has been made of current practice and opinion from the time colonoscopic polypectomy was introduced in 1969 to the present. The authors have reviewed a sizable segment of their experience, dividing cases of malignant polyps into two broad categories: those in which complete polypectomy was followed by bowel resection; and those undergoing polypectomy alone. The determinants leading to one course or the other were analyzed, as were the results.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Service, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cwern
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans