Po. Ayuo et Ce. Nugent, DYSPEPSIA - PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPY IN ELDORET, East African medical journal, 71(4), 1994, pp. 261-263
Fibreoptic oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) was performed on 45 dyspl
astic patients suspected of having peptic ulcer (PU). Evidence of PU w
as found in 39.9% and no abnormality was detected in 60%. Epigastric p
ain alone (62.2%) and with vomiting (15.5%) were the major reasons for
suspecting PU. There were no complications arising from the procedure
. It is concluded that OGD is a safe procedure which should be made mo
re available and that the pattern of PUD in Eldoret is similar to that
in Nairobi.