title: [Gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy in geriatric patients--experience, results and indications (author's transl)].
abstract: From the viewpoint of a district hospital in which fiberoptic endoscopy of the upper digestive tract has been carried out since 1970, experiences and results to more than 1900 endoscopic examinations of the upper gastro-intestinal tract are communicated with forty per cent of the examined patients being older than 40 years. According to our experiences we see, when observing the indications and contra-indications, no age limit for such a method of examination. This endoscopic examination presents in our view a valuable enrichment of the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of medical care of elderly citizens.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen, Ergebnisse und Indikationen der Fibroösophagogastroskopie bei geriatrischen Patienten.