title: [Results of endoscopic polypectomy in the upper gastrointestinal tract--a multicenter study].
abstract: The results of 1416 endoscopic polypectomies of the upper gastrointestinal tract are reported, realised in 15 endoscopic centers of the GDR. In 2,8% a polypoid carcinoma, in 0,7% a carcinoid and in 1,3% mesenchymic polyps were found. Complications was bleedings in 3,1% and perforations in 0,7%. Then the whole rate of complications was 3,17%. 5 patients (0.35%) had to be operated as a consequence of complications. One patient (0.07%) died from a fulminat hepatitis after transfusion. These results correspond with those reported in international literature on endoscopic polypectomies in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der endoskopischen Polypektomie im oberen Gastrointestinaltrakt--Eine multizentrische Studie.