Masood Javed, Khalid Amin, Aamir Husain, Dilshad Muhammad, Shahid Abbas.
Diagnostic role of endoscopy; an experience at Faisalabad.
Professional Med J Jan ;13(1):119-24.

Objectives: To see the usefulness of Endoscopy in patients with various gastrointestinal manifestations. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Department of medicine and gastroenterology Allied Hospital Faisalabad Period: January 2005 to July 2005, Material & Methods: This study was conducted on 500 patients presented to us with various gastrointestinal manifestations of either sex and between 13-70 years. Results: 260 patients were Males and 237 were Females. Most common indication was epigastric pain. 60.4% of the patients had organic lesion. Endoscopy was maximally positive in inpatients (91.86%). Most common lesion was in stomach i.e. gastritis. Collectively ulcerative lesions came out to be 27.30%. Conclusion: Diagnostic yield of Endoscopy is undoubtedly very high if the patient selection is done in a meticulous way.

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