Risk factors of missed colorectal lesions after colonoscopy.
Lee J, Park SW, Kim YS, et al. Risk factors of missed colorectal lesions after colonoscopy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017;96(27):e7468. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000007468.
Failure to detect abnormalities during testing can lead to missed or delayed diagnoses. In this retrospective observational study, investigators found that nearly 20% of colonoscopies that needed to be repeated within 6 months had an undetected abnormal finding—a polyp—that was not initially detected. The authors caution that there is significant risk of missing abnormal findings on colonoscopy.