PREVALENCE OF ESOPHAGEAL SYNDROMES OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN POPULATION OF LENINGRAD REGION (ACCORDING TO ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY FINDINGS)

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of 34.903 esophagoscopy results performed for population of Leningrad region at the period from 2007 to 2013. A prevalence of erosive esophagitis was 4,9%, peptic strictures - 0,18%, columnar-celled metaplasias - 1,43% and esophageal adenocarcinoma - 0,645%. The data obtained showed a high prevalence of GERD-associated syndromes with injury of mucous coat of esophagus in the local population of Russians