Barrett's oesophagus – A follow-up study
G Lakatos, L Herszényi, I Hritz, Z Tulassay, L Prónai · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2004 · Heft 05
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Introduction: We evaluated the progression of Barrett's oesophagus (BO) in Hungarian patients in a follow-up study, considering the demographical distribution of the patients and the presence of possible risk factors. Methods: Patients with the diagnosis of BO between 1997–1999 (endoscopic and histological confirmation) were included. Patients were invited by postal letter to return to control endoscopy. Control endoscopy was performed in 18 out of 51 patients with the diagnosis of BO (average time after diagnosis: 65 months; male/female: 8/10). During endoscopy biopsy specimens were taken from the suspicious mu…