[Tactics of management of patients with stomach deformities]

Analysis of gastroscopy in 8781 patients revealed the deformities of the stomach in 1249 (14.2%) patients. Patients younger than 30 had a kink of the stomach and exogastric deformity in 75.5 and 17.7%, respectively. In patients who were older than 70 the respective values were 52.2 and 46.4%. The cause of gastric deformities was stated in 65% of cases (the diseases and specific forms of the adjacent organs). Computed tomography helped to reveal the cause of the deformity in 54% of the cases and ultrasonic investigation in 26% of the cases. The informative value of the used combination of computed tomography and esophagogastroduodenoscopy comprised 75%.