Quality Standards / Adenoma Detection Rates

Choosing a gastroenterologist to perform your screening colonoscopy can be difficult. After all, how do you know if one physician performs better than another? When it comes to screening colonoscopies, quality is measured by adenoma detection rates. Adenomas are colon polyps which have the potential to develop into cancer if left within the colon. Therefore, it is very important adenomas are properly detected and removed during screening colonoscopies.

The National Adenoma Detection Rate for healthy asymptomatic patients

•  50 years of age

Undergoing a screening colonoscopy is:

• Males >25%
• Women>15%

Here is how our doctor's compare to national averages:

    Dr Stecevic: Dr. Batke

• Males 55.3% Males 35.2%
• Females 40.7% Females 42%