Can uterine polyps recur after removal?

Uterine polyps include cervical polyps and endometrial polyps, both of which may recur after removal. After the surgery, patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions for regular review and pay close attention to the condition of the polyps to avoid their recurrence. Cervical polyps are a form of chronic cervicitis, chronic inflammation will stimulate the mucosal cells of the cervical canal to proliferate, often manifested as soft tissue with a tip, emanating from the cervical canal, smooth and red surface, easy to bleed when touched, tongue-like. Treatment often requires a surgical approach, such as removing the polyp by clamping the polyp tip with a vascular clamp and rotating it for a few weeks. However, because chronic cervical inflammation is difficult to eradicate, the cause of the disease cannot be eliminated, and thus it is easy to form cervical polyps again. Usually after several consecutive removals, cervical polyps can no longer recur. Endometrial polyps, which are generally associated with chronic inflammatory irritation and high estrogen secretion, are subject to hysteroscopic endometrial polyp removal and often have recurrence. Regular menstruation without abnormalities occurs within a few years after the removal, but recurrence occurs a few years later. Patients often have symptoms of menstrual disorders. Ultrasound examination reveals occupying lesions in the uterine cavity, endometrial thickening, and endometrial heterogeneity, and recurrence of endometrial polyps is found after re-performing hysteroscopy. Usually, after 1-2 or 2-3 surgical removals, they do not recur. In addition, after menopause, the endometrium gradually shrinks and the likelihood of recurrence decreases. After polyp removal, the patient needs to send it to pathological examination to rule out the possibility of cancer.