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The use of a 4-×4-inch gauze pad at the suction port during snare colonoscopic polypectomy facilitates the retrieval of polyps. This technique is a simple, rapid, and cost-effective method of retrieving small polyps for pathologic evaluation.
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Khanduja, K.S., Pons, R. Efficient technique for retrieving small polyps from the colon and rectum following snare polypectomy. Dis Colon Rectum 37, 190 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047547
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02047547