Woodliff D M
J Fam Pract. 1979 Apr;8(4):715-9.
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy has become a very useful procedure in detecting pathology and aiding the physician in the evaluation of a patient's problem. A review of one year's sample of 176 examinations performed by a family physician in a small rural hospital shows that there was an 83 percent correlation between pathologic diagnoses of directed biopsies and endoscopic diagnoses. However, there was only a 40 percent correlation between routine radiologic findings and endoscopic findings. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy has also proven to be a safe procedure that can be used to detect cancer more accurately, locate bleeding sites, and remove foreign bodies. This service can easily be made available to most patients by interested physicians.
上消化道内镜检查已成为一种非常有用的检查手段，可用于检测病理状况并协助医生评估患者的病情。对一位家庭医生在一家小型乡村医院进行的176例检查的一年样本进行回顾发现，定向活检的病理诊断与内镜诊断之间的相关性为83%。然而，常规放射学检查结果与内镜检查结果之间的相关性仅为40%。上消化道内镜检查也已被证明是一种安全的检查方法，可用于更准确地检测癌症、定位出血部位和取出异物。感兴趣的医生可以轻松地为大多数患者提供这项检查服务。
