Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Gaza strip hospitals: a retrospective study
Tayseer Afifi, Khamis Elessi, Mosheer Al-Dahdouh, Hasan Hamdan, Ahmed Eid, Khaled Siyam, Mustafa Abu Jayyab, Isam Awadallah · 2025
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Description
Tayseer Afifi and seven co-authors review who received a camera exam of the upper gut in Gaza Strip hospitals, and what those exams found. Their 2025 study reads records for 1,159 patients scoped between 2017 and 2022. The exam, called EGD, threads a camera through the mouth to view the food pipe, stomach, and upper bowel.
Belly pain high in the abdomen was the top reason for the exam, given by over half the patients. Most exams ran with local numbing and a calming drug. The most common finding was widespread stomach inflammation, in about twenty-nine percent of cases. Growths appeared in just over two percent. Reflux-linked changes were also common. The authors say the data map the local burden of gut disease in a setting with scarce resources.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tayseer Afifi, Khamis Elessi, Mosheer Al-Dahdouh, Hasan Hamdan, Ahmed Eid, Khaled Siyam, Mustafa Abu Jayyab, Isam Awadallah |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |