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The value of gastroscopy as a diagnostic aid in gastric lesions

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

Summary and Conclusion

1. A reference to the indications, contra-indications and dangers of gastroscopy is presented.

2. Ten cases were selected from more than two hundred patients that were gastroscoped, some of them more than once.

3. Each of the cases reported, represented a clinical as well as roentgenological diagnostic problem.

4. All but two of the patients, No. 6 and 8, were either explored surgically or came to post-mortem examination.

5. In eight of the cases, the gastroscope proved to be of definite value in establishing the diagnosis. In two cases, the gastroscopic examinations failed in making the diagnosis and the clinical and radiographic examinations had likewise failed.

6. Many of the indications for gastroscopy are borne out by the cases reported.

7. It should be emphasized that gastroscopy is a valuable aid in diagnosing gastric lesions only in conjunction with a well taken history, physical examination, radiographic study and other laboratory data.

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    James Tesler M. D., M. Sc. (Med.)

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From the Medical Services and Gastrointestinal Departments of the Cumberland and Brooklyn Jewish Hospitals.

Abstract of the thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania toward the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science (M. Sc. (Med.)) for the graduate work in internal medicine.

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Tesler, J. The value of gastroscopy as a diagnostic aid in gastric lesions. Jour. D. D. 14, 104–109 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001074

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