I submitted my manuscript to African Health Sciences and would like to affirm that:ġ.0 I am authorized by my co-authors to enter into these arrangements.Ģ.0 I guarantee, on behalf of self and co-authors: ABRIDGED LICENCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUTHORS AND African Health Sciences The papers will be freely and universally accessible online in an easily readable format such as XML in at least one widely recognized open access repository such as PUBMED CENTRAL.ī. Should the papers be reproduced in part, this must be clearly stated. The referencing details are not changed.Attribution of authorship and correct citation details are given.No substantive errors are introduced in the process.The copyright owners or the authors grant the 3 rd party (perpetually and in advance) the right to disseminate, reproduce, or use the research papers in part or in full, format/medium as long as: Henceforth, papers in African Health Sciences will be published under the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution License) 4.0 International. There are key issues regarding Open Access needing clarification for avoidance of doubt: We wish to clearly state that indeed African Health Sciences is Open Access. While African Health Sciences has been freely accessible online there have been questions on whether it is Open Access or not. AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES OPEN ACCESS POLICY Keywords: Gastrointestinal OGD LMIC oesophageal cancer.Ī. There is a high proportion of significant findings including gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and oesophageal cancer. 145/151 (96%) of samples tested revealed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).Ĭonclusion: Those undergoing endoscopy in MRRH are most commonly male patients presenting in their 5th decade with dysphagia. 151 patients had histologically proven OC with a median age of 60 years and a 2:1 male to female ratio. The main indication was dysphagia (42%) and the most common findings OC (34%) and gastritis (28%). Mean age was 54.8 years, range 16-93 years and 56.9% of patients were male. Results: 833 eligible patients received single UGI procedures during the study period. Sub-group analyses were performed on those with a histological diagnosis of oesophageal cancer. Indication, macroscopic findings, histology and patient demographics were retrieved. Method: Records of patients that underwent UGI endoscopy in MRRH, November 2009 – March 2019 were retrospective- ly analysed. We describe the findings of 10 years of UGI endoscopy in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH). There is a paucity of data on endoscopy findings in East Africa as access to testing is challeng- ing for patients. ![]() Background: Endoscopy is required for formal diagnosis of many upper gastrointestinal (UGI) conditions including oe- sophageal cancer (OC).
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