Colonoscopy with cold snare polypectomy

Sample contentAn illustrative outline. It has not been clinically reviewed.

Endoscopy · Core · 6 steps · Outline

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Chad A. Bascom · Public domain · Illustrative, not from this case
Written outline

There is no video for this case yet. This is a step-by-step outline: read each step, then check yourself on the order.

6 steps

Start reading

Reach the caecum, then earn your adenoma detection rate on the way out.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Bowel prep check

    Boston Bowel Prep Scale recorded segment by segment.

  2. 02

    Insertion technique

    Torque steering, minimal insufflation (CO₂), reduce loops early.

  3. 03

    Caecal intubation

    Photo-document appendiceal orifice and ileocaecal valve.

  4. 04

    Withdrawal

    At least 6 minutes; flatten folds, position changes.

  5. 05

    Cold snare

    Capture a margin of normal mucosa, close and transect; retrieve.

  6. 06

    Tattoo & report

    Tattoo lesions for surveillance or surgery as indicated.

An educational outline, not a substitute for supervised clinical training or local protocols.

Check yourself

Put the steps in order.

Use the arrows to reorder, then check. Your order is checked on our server. Once it is right, and you have read at least half the steps, this walkthrough is marked complete in My progress.

Loading the steps…

More in Endoscopy