Retrospective Analysis of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Application Performed by General Surgeon: One Physician Experience

Aim: to investigate the patients characteristics and the distribution of gastrointestinal disease those who undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in a district state hospital’s endoscopy unit and draw attention to the endoscopy training of general surgeons. material-method: between mart 2002- july 2008 the results of patients undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were evaluated in terms of age, gender, complaints, clinical symptoms, anesthesia and biopsy. endoscopic procedures were performed by a general surgeon who experienced in endoscopy. results: total 1512 patients, ages 17-78,(721 female and 791male) endoscopy were performed. the most common symptoms were dyspepsia1084 (% 71.6) the others epigastric fullness, heartburn, indigestion, nausea and epigastric pain was rarely. endoscopic diagnosis were gastritis, esophagitis, duodenitis, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, alkaline reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease, duodenal diverticulum, acute erosive gastritis, giant ulcer in antrum, gastric polyposis, anastomosis ulcers, esophageal polyps, pan-gastritis, pyloric stenosis, hiatal hernia, swallowed foreing body in esophagus, while, in 73 cases (% 4.8) did not reveal any pathology. biopsies taken from 198 patients with gastric cancer was found in 7 (% 0.46). discussion: with using endoscopy, a high success rate in the early diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases are also increasing. however, it is needed for the process can be made that experienced endoscopist along with the necessary technical equipment and training general surgeon are needed. conclusion: particularly, patients who have dyspepsia and symptomatic should be examine carefully and evaluated with endoscopy. to make the process of endoscopy readily available is very important that the general surgeon is trained on this subject.