[Gastrofluorography in mass screening of patients with stomach ulcer]

The purpose of the paper is to assess the role of present-day fluorography combined with endoscopic investigations in the detection of peptic ulcer. A study of the results of gastrofluorography with videocontrol has shown high potentialities of the method during primary detection of ulcer among persons at high risk for the disease and subsequent control of therapeutic efficacy. The high coverage, low cost and low radiation load proposed by the program make it possible to considerably improve the whole system of prophylactic medical examinations of the patients. The modifications made by the authors in the examination make it possible to raise the accuracy of diagnosis of stomach ulcer recurrences by 28% and to reduce the annual rates of recurrence 1.5-fold.