What Is the Prevalence of Sessile Serrated Lesions Anyway?
Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGE, reviewing Desai M, et al. Endosc Int Open 2021 Apr.
In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 280,370 screening colonoscopies in the literature, the pooled prevalence of sessile serrated lesion (SSL) detection was 2.5%. The pooled prevalence of detected proximal serrated polyps (defined as any proximal colon SSL, hyperplastic polyp [HP], or traditional serrated adenoma) was 10%.
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CITATION(S)
Desai M, Anderson JC, Kaminski M, et al. Sessile serrated lesion detection rates during average risk screening colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature. Endosc Int Open. 2021;9:E610-E620. (https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1352-4095)