Upper Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy in a General Surgical Unit

A consecutive series of 106 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies on a general surgical firm is reviewed. Early endoscopy provided a diagnosis in 86% of patients with Gl bleeds. In patients with a firm radiological diagnosis of duodenal ulcer or gastro-oesophageal reflux, endoscopy added little to mana...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Colin D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinical Press 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5113448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502327
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description A consecutive series of 106 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies on a general surgical firm is reviewed. Early endoscopy provided a diagnosis in 86% of patients with Gl bleeds. In patients with a firm radiological diagnosis of duodenal ulcer or gastro-oesophageal reflux, endoscopy added little to management, but endocscopy was helpful when radiology was equivocal, for gastric lesions and for oesophageal strictures. Therapeutic endoscopy was helpful in management on nine occasions.
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spelling pubmed-51134482017-01-12 Upper Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy in a General Surgical Unit Johnson, Colin D. Bristol Med Chir J Articles A consecutive series of 106 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies on a general surgical firm is reviewed. Early endoscopy provided a diagnosis in 86% of patients with Gl bleeds. In patients with a firm radiological diagnosis of duodenal ulcer or gastro-oesophageal reflux, endoscopy added little to management, but endocscopy was helpful when radiology was equivocal, for gastric lesions and for oesophageal strictures. Therapeutic endoscopy was helpful in management on nine occasions. Clinical Press 1986-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5113448/ /pubmed/3502327 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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