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DIRECT‐VISION GASTRIC BIOPSY A REVIEW OF 200 EXAMINATIONS
Author(s) -
Nagy G. S.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb106533.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , incidence (geometry) , gastric biopsy , radiology , diagnostic accuracy , stomach , gastroenterology , gastritis , physics , optics
The results of direct‐vision gastric biopsy in 200 consecutive cases are reported. There were 24 patients with neoplastic lesions, an incidence of 12%. Only one false‐negative result was encountered in this group, the diagnostic accuracy thus being 95.8%. In 174 cases in the non‐malignant group, there were no false‐positive results—a diagnostic correlation of 100%. The examination was undertaken essentially as an out‐patient procedure; no complications were encountered.