The Munich Polypectomy Study (MUPS): prospective analysis of complications and risk factors in 4000 colonic snare polypectomies.

Background And Study Aims: Screening colonoscopy with polypectomy has been shown to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with colorectal cancer. However, there is a lack of large and systematic prospective studies of the complications of polypectomy.

Patients And Methods: Data on all snare polypectomies performed in 13 institutions (six hospitals and seven gastroenterology offices) were recorded prospectively during a 20-month period, including data on a 30-day follow-up period.

Are guidelines followed in Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and therapy? An inquiry among gastroenterologists, referring physicians and patients in Munich.

Background And Study Aims: Attempts to standardize Helicobacter pylori (Hp) diagnosis and therapy have led to the publication of guidelines by various national gastroenterological societies in Europe and the USA. However, little information is available either regarding the compliance of gastroenterologists and referring physicians with these guidelines, or regarding the patients' perspective.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted of all outpatient upper gastrointestinal endoscopy reports for a one-month period in eleven different centers (two university hospitals and nine private practice gastroenterology offices) with a total of 24 gastroenterologists.

[Incidental endoscopic finding--ileum carcinoid. Treatment strategy and prognostic factors].

The malignancy of gastro-intestinal carcinoids is dependent on localisation and size of the tumor. Tumors of the small bowel seem to have a tissue infiltration depth and extension independent of the primary tumor size. We give a case report of a patient with a carcinoid tumor in the terminal ileum with a diameter of 5 mm and a tissue infiltration depth to submucosa.