Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Virtual chromoendoscopy to assess colorectal polyps during colonoscopy
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
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Further research is recommended on patient acceptability of using virtual chromoendoscopy for real-time assessment of diminutive polyps compared with assessment using histopathology
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Data collection and analysis are recommended to monitor the effect on endoscopy and histopathology services of using virtual chromoendoscopy instead of histopathology to assess diminutive polyps. Measures may include:
- the length of time to do colonoscopies
- the number of polyps sent for histopathology analysis
- cost savings or workload reductions associated with reductions in histopathology.