ABSTRACT
To analyze the results of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings performed at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital over a period of 15 years in 18,829 patients who were entered in the computer at the endoscopy unit. A retrospective study based on data of 18,829 patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The data was entered into a computer with special codes for symptoms and endoscopic findings. Eighteen thousand eight hundred and twenty nine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy results were analyzed. Oesophagitis was found in 16.45%, Hiatus Hernia in 10%, Oesophageal varices in 7%, Oesophageal Cancer in 1.14%, Gastritis in 22%, Gastric erosions in 13.6%, Benign gastric ulcer in 3.29%, Gastric malignancy in 1.22%, Duodenal Ulcer in 14%, Duodenal erosions in 3.7% and Duodenitis in 12.7%. Only in 5.15% endoscopic findings were normal. In our analysis only 5.15% had normal upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings while majority of patients had abnormal findings