[Endoscopy of the resected stomach (author's transl)]

Endoscopy of the resected stomach is indicated in the presence of all types of symptoms affecting the stomach, in gastrointestinal bleeding, and within the framework of prophylactic screening and follow-up examinations for cancer detection. Frequent findings are peptic ulcers, suture granulomas, and reflux esophagitis. Carcinomas in the stump develop increasingly from the 10th to 15th postoperative years. In the resected stomach, the pylorocardial expansion type of gastritis predominates. Atrophy is not an obligatory finding. Foveolar hyperplasia is typical, predominantly in the region of the anastomosis.