MATERIALS AND METHODS
Between September 2016 and September 2019, gastric polyps were detected in 299 of 9771 patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy at the Gastroenterology Endoscopy Unit of …….. Training and Research Hospital. Demographic data, endoscopy reports and pathology results of these patients were retrospectively reviewed from the hospital registry system. It was observed that multiple procedures were performed, and polyps were detected in 44 of 299 examined patients. Only the first endoscopy and pathological findings of these 44 patients were evaluated, and the data of 255 patients were included in the study. The total number, size, anatomical localization, histopathological features of polyps and presence of HP were recorded in all patients. The polyps were divided into groups according to their localization including gastric cardia, fundus, corpus, antrum and multiple regions. The size of the largest polyp was considered the determinant in the patients with multiple polyps of different sizes. All gastroscopy procedures were performed under topical pharyngeal anesthesia with 10% lidocaine spray (Xylocaine 10% spray; Astra Zeneca, Sweden). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to the procedure. Polypectomy was performed on all polyps except for the polyps that could not be removed because of anatomical localization or anticoagulant use. Small polyps (< 5 mm) were removed with forceps, while large polyps (> 5 mm) were removed with snare. The polyps were classified according to the modified classification of WHO. Patients with a history of gastric operation, with gastric tumors and subepithelial lesions were excluded from the study.
Ethics committee approval: Since our study was retrospective, informed consent was not obtained from the patients. This study was approved by the ethics committee of our hospital.
Statistical Analysis : Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 16.0 (Chicago, USA) program. While arithmetic mean ± SD, minimum and maximum values were used to define numerical data, categorical data were expressed as percentages (%). Independent T test was used for normally distributed numerical data, and chi-square test was used to test the differences between the patient subgroups. A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.