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  • Title: [Gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy in geriatric patients--experience, results and indications (author's transl)].
    Author: Friedrichs G, Gärtner C, Wagner S, Mühlich HE.
    Journal: Z Alternsforsch; 1979; 34(5):445-53. PubMed ID: 555141.
    Abstract:
    From the viewpoint of a district hospital in which fiberoptic endoscopy of the upper digestive tract has been carried out since 1970, experiences and results to more than 1900 endoscopic examinations of the upper gastro-intestinal tract are communicated with forty per cent of the examined patients being older than 40 years. According to our experiences we see, when observing the indications and contra-indications, no age limit for such a method of examination. This endoscopic examination presents in our view a valuable enrichment of the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of medical care of elderly citizens.
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