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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 15, 1996; 2(Suppl1): 84-84
Published online Sep 15, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.iSuppl1.84
Diagnostic value of gastroenterologram in gastroenteropathy in high land area
Fu-Ge Chang, Yu-Hua Han, Yan-Guo, Ping Li, Yu Qi, Xining First Hospital, Xining 810000, Qinghai Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Received: December 11, 1995
Revised: January 31, 1996
Accepted: March 1, 1996
Published online: September 15, 1996

Abstract

AIM: Gastroenteropathy is a common disease in high land area. The methods of clinical diagnosis were X ray barium meal and gastroscopy etc. These methods were difficult to accepted by vast number of patients. Use of gastroenterogram supplies a new noninvasive diagnosis method.

METHODS: We used 5-lead gastroenterogram. Random sampling, patients were fasted for 24 h, quietly lay down for five minutes. The electrodes were placed on abdominal gastric antrum, gastric body and relevant point, gastroenterogram was recorded before and after meal.

RESULTS: 395 patients suffered from surface layer gastritis, 284 were surface-gastric atrophia, 99 were gastric atrophia, 8 were normal gastric rhythm, 63 were ulcer, 25 patients suffered from ulcer intermittent stage, 9 were cancer of the stomach, 8 were gastric rhythm disorder, 1 was gastric rhythm super-slow: The rates in according with gastroscopy were: surface layer gastritis 95%, surface-gastric atrophia 96%, gastric atrophia 73%, cancer of the stomach 87%. In clinical, gastroenterogram had no-wound, no-contraindication, no side effect, but a high diagnosis rate.

CONCLUSION: It is a new general investigation method for clinic screening stomach cancer.

Key Words: Gastroenterogram, Stomach cancer, Gastric rhythm



Footnotes

Original title: China National Journal of New Gastroenterology (1995-1997) renamed World Journal of Gastroenterology (1998-).

E- Editor: Liu WX

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