| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Years 4-5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Office visits | Every 6Â months | Every 6Â months | Every 6Â months | Yearly |
Physical examination | Only if indicated | |||
Carcinoembryonic antigen monitoring | Every 3Â months | Every 3Â months | Every 3Â months | Every 6Â months |
Abdominal ultrasonography (or CT abdomena) | Every 6Â months | Every 6Â months | Yearly | Yearly |
Coloscopy of CT colography | Within 3 months postoperatively if preoperatively the colon was not visualized completely. |  | 3 years after the last coloscopy, followed by coloscopies each 3–5 years depending on the number, size, and localization of polyps |  |
If whole colon is visualized preoperatively, coloscopy after 1Â year |