Table 4: EGD diagnosis
   

Diagnosis TEGD: No of cases

   P-EGD   C-EGD
Hiatal hernia   7        
Oesophagitis   3        
Gastritis/duodenitis   32   1   1
Gastric ulcer (GU)   7        

Duodenal ulcer (DU)

  3        

No endoscopic abnormality

   51        

Helicobacter infection

   16        
Others   16        
             
13 patients within this group of no endoscopic abnormality were diagnosed to have Endoscopy Negative Reflux Disease basing on symptoms;
% of helicobacter infection: 2/3 (66.7%) DU patients, 3/7 (42.8%) GU patients; 8/32 (25%) gastritis/duodenitis; 8/51 (15.7%) normal endoscopies ;
2 esophageal varices, 1 esophageal polyp, 1 esophageal candidiasis, 1 esophageal heterotopic gastric epithelium, 1 esophageal diverticulum, 1 diffuse esophageal spasm, 2 post op follow-up, 3 gastric polyps (subsequent biopsies proven to be hyperplasic polyps), 1 gastric stasis, 4 ulcer scars. (one patient had gastric polyp + diffuse esophageal spasm)