Abstract
We reported our experience of endoscopic treatment for colorectal polyps in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients (3 men and 5 women, mean age: 29.9 years) between October 2007 and June 2012 in Hiroshima University Hospital. Most of colorectal polyps were resected by polypectomy. The total number of endoscopic treatment in all FAP patients was 32 times, and the average number of examination per patient was 4.0 times (range: 1-18). The total number of removed colorectal polyps was 1,056 lesions (1,054 adenomas and 2 carcinoma in adenoma), and the average number of removed polyps per patient was 132.0 lesions (range: 40-636). Two severe complications (One is delayed perforation and another is bleeding after polypectomy) occurred. Although the case with the bleeding after polypectomy was controlled by endoscopic hemostasis, the case with the delayed perforation needed surgical operation. No colorectal carcinomas occurred over the average observation period of 23.6 months (range: 2-60 months)
