[Gastroduodenal ulcer in the rural setting in Mali].
The goal of our study was to describe the epidemiologic , clinical and endoscopic aspects of gastroduodenal ulcers at the regional hospital of sikasso (HRS). This prospective study was held from january 2002 to december 2003.All of the patients underwent an upper digestive tract endoscopy. Gastroduodenal ulcers comprised 10.88% of all of the digestive tract endoscopies. The average age of patients was 42.51 + 14.60 years with a gender ratio of 1.88 in favor of men. The overwhelm patients were lower middle class income. The main clinical symptoms were epigastric pain and dyspepsia. The ulcers were most often found in the duodenum (DI).
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Service d'Hépato Gastroentérologie, CHU Gabriel Toure. dimouss65@yahoo.fr
Konate
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Traore
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Soukho
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Kamate
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Diallo
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Maiga
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012423:Rural Health; D055815:Young Adult