Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Biopsy Results of Kars Region

Aim: Endoscopic examinations have an important role in the early diagnosis of malignancies and other intestinal pathologies and in reducing the incidence and mortality of malignancies. In our study, we tried to evaluate the incidence of these diseases histopathologically retrospectively by examining the cases who underwent colonoscopy in our hospital. Material and Method: 319 cases whose colon and rectum biopsies were taken between 2014 and 2016 in our endoscopy unit of our hospital were included to study. The sections were reevaluated by two pathologists for the presence of neoplasia, preneoplastic / hyperplastic status, and the presence of inflammatory processes. Results: 115 (36.1%) were female and 204 (63.9%) were male in 319 cases. Morphologic changes were observed in 19.4% of the cases, inflammatory disease in 22.3%, preneoplastic / hyperplastic lesions in 48.6%, epithelial in 9.4% and stromal tumors in 0.3%. Conclusion: Early diagnosis by lower gastrointestinal system endoscopy; It is important for inflammatory bowel disease, preneoplastic lesions and especially malignancies in terms of survival, individual prosperity and socioeconomic factors. We think that the data in our study can shed light on the health care workers in terms of determining a risk in terms of Kars region