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Overtreatment of Nonneoplastic Gallbladder Polyps due to Inadequate Routine Ultrasound Assessment

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2020

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Sarah Z. Wennmacker, Elise A. J. de Savornin Lohman, Nesar A Hasami, Irıs D. Nagtegaal, Marja A. Boermeester, Joanne Verheij, Ernst Jan Spillenaar Bilgen, Jos W.H. Meijer, Koop Bosscha, Johannes C. van der Linden,
Digestive Surgery

Abstract

Routine ultrasound assessment of polyps is associated with overestimation of polyp size and low specificity of sonographic size ≥1 cm for neoplasia, which contributes to surgical overtreatment of nonneoplastic polyps.

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