Do you have to remove polyps from your intestines?

Not all intestinal polyps need to be surgically resected, if the polyp is single and the diameter is less than 0.5cm, it can not be surgically treated, conservative treatment, observation and follow-up; for multiple tumors with a diameter of more than 0.5cm, or the pathological type of adenomatous polyps have a tendency to malignant changes, and need to be actively treated with surgery. 1. Polyps that do not need surgical treatment: polyps in the intestines are single and less than 0.5cm in size, with no tendency to increase rapidly in a short period of time, and the patients do not have obvious symptoms, and the type of polyps is non-adenomatous polyps, such as inflammatory polyps, etc., so the patients can not undergo surgical treatment for the time being, and they can be observed and followed up, and be regularly rechecked for malignant tendency, and then undergo surgery in time. 2. Polyps requiring surgical treatment: multiple or diameter greater than 0.5cm, as well as the pathological type of adenomatous polyps patients need to actively carry out surgical treatment, endoscopic polypectomy is a minimally invasive surgery, it is recommended that patients with indications for surgical resection of polyps to carry out surgical resection in a timely manner, in order to avoid the deterioration of polyps. Regardless of whether or not surgical resection is performed, patients with polyps in the intestines need to undergo regular review because of the high rate of recurrence, which requires attention and standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor.