Mathew Vithayathil et al. The effect of procedural time on dysplasia
detection rate during endoscopic surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus
In this study of 142 patients with Barrett’s esophagus (BE; C2 and/or M3) and no clearly
visible dysplastic lesions, the median procedure duration for adequate BE surveillance
endoscopy was 16.5 minutes; endoscopy duration increased by 0.9 minutes for each additional
1 cm of BE length, and longer procedural time was associated with increased likelihood
of dysplasia detection on biopsy. Therefore, adequate time slots are required to perform
good-quality BE surveillance and maximize dysplasia detection.
