Research Article

Quality Assessment of Colonoscopy Reporting: Results from a Statewide Cancer Screening Program

Table 4

Counts and percentages of data elements described for 177 individual polyps.

Count ( )Percentage (%)

LocationIncluded17699
 By distance only158
 By segment only14582
 By both169
Not included11

SizeIncluded15487
 By number (mm/cm) only6637
 By descriptive term only5229
 By both3620
Not included2313

MorphologyIncluded9453
 “Pedunculated," “sessile", or “flat"7341
 “Benign," “benign and smooth", or “nonbleeding"95
 “Adenoma-like," “hyperplastic," “villous-like," “polypoid," “firm mass,"
 “Oblong," “more raised," “submucosal", or “irregular"
127
Not included8347

Biopsy/removalIncluded17498
Not included32

MethodsIncluded16995
 “Snare w/cautery," “cold biopsy," “hot biopsy," “fulguration" or
 “ablation"
9051
 “Snare," “biopsy," “forceps" or “cautery"7945
Not included85

Included 80
Not included3520

Included 77
Not included4123

polyps were used for percentage calculation because 2 polyps were completely fulgurated.
on specimen retrieval was inferred for 104 of the 140 individual polyps.
on specimen submission for pathology was inferred for 95 of the 134 individual polyps.