Do you have to be hospitalized to remove intestinal polyps with a colonoscopy?

Colonoscopy removed intestinal polyps is required to be hospitalized, depending on the size of the polyp removed, the hospitalization time varies from a few days to a few weeks. After removing smaller intestinal polyps, you need to be observed in the hospital for 1~2 days, mainly to observe whether there is any bleeding or perforation at the location of the removal, and you can be discharged from the hospital if you don’t see any of the above situations. Removal of larger intestinal polyps, the hospitalization time will be longer, about 1~2 weeks. Larger polyps involve the intestinal wall in a deeper location, in the colonoscopic resection also need to perform intestinal anastomosis, anastomosis healing time will be a little longer, at least 7 days, so hospitalization and observation is necessary, the main purpose is to observe the anastomosis healing after the operation, whether there is anastomotic bleeding or fistula, and at the same time, we need to observe the diet, the intestinal function of the recovery of the situation. When the anastomosis heals and the intestinal function recovers, the patient can be discharged from the hospital. After the application of enteroscopy to remove intestinal polyps, the attending doctor will communicate with the family according to the condition, as well as explain the postoperative precautions, and recommend that the patient follow the doctor’s instructions to actively cooperate with the treatment. In summary, hospitalization is required.