title: Is Endoscopy Really Necessary in My Case? A Four Year Retrospective Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  About 40% of the general population report dyspepsia at some time in their life making it a fairly common disease. Uncomplicated dyspepsia refers to patients whose dyspepsia is not accompanied by alarm features or associated with NSAIDS usage.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the need for UGI Endoscopy and find out the patterns of different endoscopic presentations in patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our study conducted in KR Hospital, Mysore, Department of General Surgery is a retrospective endoscopic study of 1450 patients with uncomplicated dysepsia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant 64% of the patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia were found to have findings on endoscopy. The most common age range for positive endoscopic findings was 40-50 years in our hospital. Malignancy was diagnosed in 2.5% patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We recommend upper GI endoscopy in patients presenting with uncomplicated dyspepsia for patients above 40 years of age in our hospital.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Dinesh
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Cd Jagadish
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Sanjay
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sachin
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, MMCRI and KR Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
authors.lastname: Basavaraju
keywords: Digestive System; Dyspepsia; UGI Cancer; UGI Malignancy; Uncomplicated Dyspepsia