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. 2022 May;34(4):850-857.
doi: 10.1111/den.14159. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

Sessile serrated lesions in patients with adenoma on index colonoscopy do not increase metachronous advanced adenoma risk

Seung Wook Hong  1 , Jeongseok Kim  2 , Ji Young Lee  3 , Jong-Soo Lee  3 , Hye-Sook Chang  3 , Hye Won Park  3 , Gwang-Un Kim  3 , Jiyoung Yoon  1 , Byong Duk Ye  1 , Jeong-Sik Byeon  1 , Seung-Jae Myung  1 , Suk-Kyun Yang  1 , Jaewon Choe  1   3 , Dong-Hoon Yang  1
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Sessile serrated lesions in patients with adenoma on index colonoscopy do not increase metachronous advanced adenoma risk

Seung Wook Hong et al. Dig Endosc. 2022 May.

Abstract

Objectives: Post-polypectomy surveillance intervals should be determined based on index colonoscopy findings. However, the risk of metachronous lesions, resulting from the coexistence of adenoma and sessile serrated lesions (SSLs), has rarely been addressed. We evaluated the impact of synchronous SSL on the risk of metachronous lesions within similar adenoma risk groups.

Methods: We retrieved individuals with one or more adenomas on index colonoscopy in a single-center retrospective cohort and stratified them into four groups depending on the presence of SSL and low-risk/high-risk adenoma (LRA/HRA). Participants who underwent surveillance colonoscopies at least 12 months apart were included. We compared the risks of metachronous lesions including HRA, advanced adenoma (AA), or SSL within similar adenoma risk groups according to the presence of SSL.

Results: Overall 4493 individuals were included in the analysis. The risk of metachronous HRA/AA was not significantly higher in the adenoma with SSL group compared with the adenoma without SSL group, irrespective of LRA (HRA, 6/86 vs. 231/3297, P = 1.00; AA, 0/86 vs. 52/3297, P = 0.64) or HRA (HRA, 11/64 vs. 240/1046, P = 0.36; AA, 3/64 vs. 51/1046, P = 1.00). However, the risk of metachronous SSL in individuals with synchronous SSL was higher than that in those without SSL for both LRA (15/86 vs. 161/3297, P < 0.001) and HRA groups (11/64 vs. 61/1046, P = 0.002).

Conclusion: The presence of synchronous SSL did not increase the risk of metachronous HRA/AA, compared with isolated adenoma, but increased the risk of metachronous SSL.

Keywords: adenoma; cohort study; colonic polyp; colonoscopy; risk assessment.

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