title: [Endoscopy in the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C--diagnosis and therapy depending on the phase of diseases progression and liver regeneration].
abstract: The GI endoscopy can be divided into upper GI tract endoscopy (esophago-, gastro-, entero-, fistulo- and cholangioscopy) and lower GI tract endoscopy (recto-, sigmoido-, colonoscopy) from practical point of view and the characteristic of used equipment. A lot of therapeutic methods for GI tract is associated with each of these procedures. GI tract endoscopy doesn't play significant part in diagnosis of acute and chronic C hepatitis. Significance of endoscopy procedures decidedly increases in the case of progressive liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis associated with HCV infection., where changes in GI tract are observed to 87% patients. These changes can be divided into: 1) not associated with portal hypertension, 2) these ones caused by portal hypertension. The most observed changes not associated with portal hypertension involve: reflux esophagitis, esophageal candidiasis; different variants of gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer. To the changes connected with portal hypertension, which are possible for endoscopy assessment, belongs esophageal and gastric varices, portal gastro-, entero-, colopathy, and gastric antral vascular ectasiae (GAVE). However to-day endoscopy has got not only diagnostic significance but also enables: estimation of pharmacotherapy efficiency, the primary and secondary prophylaxis of bleedings from GI varices as well as therapy of GI bleeding in this group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych, AM we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020252:Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*