Rectal Polyp

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Rectal Polyp

Asked for Male, 37 Years

Eight year back, in the year 2016 ,I have removed rectal polyp, since then I have been doing colonoscopy every year, my question is that is there any chance of recurrence and how frequent should i do colonoscopy.

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Dr. Ravikiran Andra

General Surgeon 4 yrs exp Bangalore

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If you had a single rectal polyp, and have been getting colonoscopies since then chance of recurrence is on the lower side. For me the answer the question properly you need to provide the histopathology report of the polyp removed.

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Dr. Niranjan Rajkumar Gandhi General Surgeon 9 yrs exp Pune Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Niranjan Rajkumar Gandhi

General Surgeon 9 yrs exp Pune

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Depends upon multiple factors like the size of the polyp, histopathology report and current symptom profile.

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