The risk of post-polypectomy bleeding among patients receiving antithrombotic agents: A prospective observational study.
Hilmi BozkurtOzlem Zeliha SertTolga OlmezZehra Zeynep KeklikkıranOrhan UzunSelcuk GulmezErdal PolatMustafa DumanPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)
This study found that the colonoscopic polypectomy procedure without discontinuation of antithrombotic medication did not increase the risk of bleeding. This procedure can be safely performed by experienced endoscopists in patients with an international normalized ratio (INR) below 2.5.