Factors determining the quality of screening colonoscopy: a prospective study on adenoma detection rates, from 12,134 examinations (Berlin colonoscopy project 3, BECOP-3).

Andreas Adler; Karl Wegscheider; David Lieberman; Alireza Aminalai; Jens Aschenbeck; Rolf Drossel; Michael Mayr; Michael Mroß; Mathias Scheel; Andreas Schröder; Katharina Gerber; Gabriela Stange; Stephanie Roll; Ulrich Gauger; Bertram Wiedenmann; Lutz Altenhofen; Thomas Rösch

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300167

Factors determining the quality of screening colonoscopy: a prospective study on adenoma detection rates, from 12,134 examinations (Berlin colonoscopy project 3, BECOP-3).

Andreas Adler
Karl Wegscheider
David Lieberman
Alireza Aminalai
Jens Aschenbeck
Rolf Drossel
Michael Mayr
Michael Mroß
Mathias Scheel
Andreas Schröder
Katharina Gerber
Gabriela Stange
Stephanie Roll
Ulrich Gauger
Bertram Wiedenmann
Lutz Altenhofen
Thomas Rösch

Related Research units

Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology
Department for Interdisciplinary Endoscopy

Abstract

Screening colonoscopy (SC) outcome quality is best determined by the adenoma detection rate (ADR). The substantial variability in the ADRs between endoscopists may reflect different skills, experience and/or equipment.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	2
ISSN	0017-5749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300167
Publication status	Published - 01.02.2013