Post-Polypectomy Surveillance Interval

Returns the US Multi-Society Task Force interval to the next colonoscopy after polypectomy.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

The examination was complete to the cecum
Yes
The bowel preparation was adequate
Yes
Worst histology found
Tubular adenoma
Number of adenomas
1
Largest adenoma, mm
12 mm

Result: next colonoscopy in 3 years, on a single adenoma of 12 mm

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What the result means

10 years
A normal examination, or hyperplastic polyps under 10 mm confined to the rectum or sigmoid.
7 to 10, then 3 to 5 years
One or two tubular adenomas under 10 mm is seven to ten years; three or four is three to five years.
3 years
Five to ten adenomas under 10 mm; or any adenoma 10 mm or larger, villous or tubulovillous, or with high-grade dysplasia, whatever the count.
1 year, and 6 months
More than ten adenomas is one year. Piecemeal resection of an adenoma 20 mm or larger is six months, and that is a completeness check rather than surveillance.
The precondition
Every interval presumes a complete examination to the cecum with an adequate preparation. Without both, no number applies and the recommendation is an early repeat.
What it does not cover
Average-risk surveillance after polypectomy only. Not a personal or family history that puts a patient on a different schedule, and not inflammatory bowel disease.

What you enter

  • The examination was complete to the cecum
  • The bowel preparation was adequate
  • Worst histology found
  • Number of adenomas
  • Largest adenoma, mm (10 mm or larger shortens the interval to 3 years on its own)
  • High-grade dysplasia (shortens the interval to 3 years on its own)
  • Piecemeal resection of an adenoma 20 mm or larger (a 6-month completeness check that outranks the table)
How this is calculated

Gupta S, Lieberman D, Anderson JC, et al. Recommendations for Follow-Up After Colonoscopy and Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2020;158(4):1131-1153. Read the source ↗

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