Proctologic diseases in geriatric persons

The aim of present study was the estimation of the frequency and kind of disease of the lower part of the digestive tract in aged patients, based on rectoscopic examination. There were undertaken rectoscopy and examination per rectum of 193 patients over 65 years (mean age 70.4 years from whom only 13 patients had not suffered from any sensations on the part of digestive tract and among 239 patients ranging up to 65 (mean age value 39.6 years from whom majority suffered from various sensations on part of digestive tract and were treated in Clinic of Gastrology and Angiology or Clinic Endoscopy Department. It was stated that the most frequent disease in the elder group of patients were: proctitis (or sigmoiditis) with accompanying spastic conditions of large bowel 14 per cent and hemorrhoids 46.4 per cent. Rectal polyps and sigmoidic polyps occurred in 8.1 per cent of the whole examined group, in the elder group they ranged to 10.4 per cent and in the younger one they ranged to 6.6 per cent. Cancers in rectum and sigmoid were present in 4.1 per cent of the whole examined group, in the elder group in 5.6 per cent and 2 per cent in the younger one.