Mujtaba Jaffary, Waseem Ahsen, Momin Ali Babar.
Endoscopic Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Lesions among Rural Community.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):657-8.

Background: The upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disorders are accountable formajority of mortality and morbidity. Endoscopic biopsy is most prevalent technique carried out in health care facilities for various malignant and benign lesions. Aim: To assess the endoscopic role in upper gastrointestinal tract lesions among rural community. Method: It was cross-sectional study carried out at Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017 in which 200 patients were included. The acquired data was entered into SPSS version 20.0. Results: Among 200 patients, 61.5% were males and 38 .5% were females. There were 75% peoples less than 50 years while 25% peoples more than 50 years of age. Majority (90.5%) of patients had benign lesions and 9.5% had malignant legions. 50% benign lesion and 5% malignant lesions were found in stomach. 98.5% patients were offered conservative treatment. Conclusion: It concluded that 9.5% lesions were malignant and found in stomach and esophagus. Among benign lesions, mostly found in stomach, esophagus and duodenum and mainstream of the patients were offered conservative treatment.

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