Background: Increased incidence of persistent dyspepsia has led to more number of patients undergoing upper GI endoscopy which has proved to be a valuable diagnostic tool to reduce the morbidity. It can also help to identify and treat upper GI malignancies at the earliest. Methods: Endoscopy database records of 200 consecutive patients of dyspepsia referred to the Department of General Surgery at our institute from January 2018 -January 2019 were analysed. Results: With a positive yield of 95%, there was more prevalence of dyspepsia in males (68%) than females (32%). The prevalence of dyspepsia was high in 31-40 yrs (24%). There was a high incidence of Oesophagitis (40%), Gastritis (34%) and Duodenitis (20%). There was 2.94% incidence of oesophageal and 4.69% stomach malignancies.
Conclusion:Our study demonstrates high prevalence of dyspepsia in males, oesophagitis, gastritis and duodenitis which can be contributed to various factors like diet, climate and patient selection for the study.
Background: Appendix, a part of large intestine and gut associated lymphoid tissue is often inflamed resulting in acute appendicitis which is a surgical emergency. The current study is undertaken to analyse the clinic-epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis Methods: A retrospective database analysis of 98 patients of Acute appendicitis admitted in the Department of General Surgery, from January 2018 to January 2019 for age, Sex, Clinical diagnosis, Ultrasound diagnosis, Total leucocyte count, Histopathological diagnosis were noted. Results and Conclusion: Acute appendicitis was more common in males (65%) and in 15-30yrs age group. Mean TLC was 12022.73+ 434.23** with only 33.67% patients TLC more than 14000/mm3. 51% patient's histopathological diagnosis was acute appendicitis. Early hospital admission, antibiotic therapy or early uptake for surgical procedure based on clinical examination and sonological evaluation may be the reason for more number of patients with TLC less than 11000mm3.
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