Removal of diminutive colorectal polyps: A prospective randomized clinical trial between cold snare polypectomy and hot forceps biopsy

Table 3 Outcomes and adverse events among the patients

	CSP group (95%CI)	HFB group (95%CI)	P value
Endoscopic evaluation	147/148 = 99.3%	108/135 = 80.0%	< 0.0001
En-bloc resection rate with free cut-margin	(92.3%-100.0%)	(72.3%-86.4%)
Pathologic evaluation	119/148 = 80.4%	64/135 = 47.4%	< 0.0001
Complete resection rate with free cut-margin	(73.1%-86.5%)	(38.8%-56.2%)
Histological tissue injury	2/148 = 1.3%	71/135 = 52.6%	< 0.0001
	(0.2%-4.8%)	(43.8%-61.2%)
Adverse event
Immediate bleeding	13/148 = 8.8%	11/135 = 8.1%	1.00
	(4.8%-14.6%)	(4.1%-14.1%)
Delayed bleeding	0	0
Perforation	0	0

CSP: Cold snare polypectomy; HFB: Hot forceps biopsy.