ENDOSCOPY IN THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS(DYSPEPSIA). | ||
| Basrah Journal of Surgery | ||
| Article 5, Volume 28, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 25-29 PDF (847.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2022.174669 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussein Abdul- Jabbar Alkatrani* 1; Mansour Amin Mohammad2 | ||
| 1M.B.Ch.B., IBMS Department of Surgery - Almawani Teaching Hospital - Iraq | ||
| 2Assistant Professor, M.B.Ch.B., DS, CABS University of Basrah - College of Medicine - Department of Surgery - Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A Retrospective study includes records of 1832 patients with dyspeptic symptoms who underwent endoscopic examination in Al-Mawani Teaching Hospital during the period from October 2015 - October 2019 were analyzed. 942 (51.4%) were males and 890(48.6%) were females, 794 (43.3%) had no endoscopic abnormalities,1038 (56.7%) had endoscopic finding. Oesophagitis was seen in 149 (8.1% ) patients , gastritis was seen in 603 (32.9%) patients, duodenal ulcer was seen in 257(14%) patients with male to female ratio (1.8:1) and peak age group between (20-40) years. Gastric ulcer was seen in 47 (2.5%) patients with male to female ratio (1.2:1)and peak age group between (40-60) yrs, and ratio of duodenal to gastric ulcer was (5.5-1). Combined duodenal and gastric ulcer was found in 4(0.2%) patients, gastric cancer was found in 10 (0.54%) patients with peak age group between (50-70) years. It is concluded that endoscopy is golden standard test for diagnosis of gastroduodinal pathology | ||
| Keywords | ||
| dyspepsia; endoscopy; Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms; Gastric ulcer; duodenal ulcer; gastritis | ||
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