OBJECTIVE: The analysis of the endoscopic and histological characteristics of all the @entity1127 diagnosed through endoscopy in our service during a period of 5 years, and the evaluation of the usefulness of the endoscopic monitoring after polypectomy. @entity1 AND METHODS: Between January 1995 and January 2000 5,314 high digestive system endoscopies were carried out in the Gastroenterology Service of the Santa Mar  a Madre Hospital. Sixty-four @entity1127 were detected in 18 @entity1 (10 @entity1 and 8 @entity1 ) with a median age of 61.7 years. RESULTS: Sixty-three @entity1127 were removed through endoscopic polypectomy, and one was biopsied because of its size (5 cm), 30 (46.87%) were @entity1127 , 24 (37.5%) presented normal histological characteristics, 8 (12.5%) were @entity652 and 2 (3.12%) were @entity420 . 56.2% measured less than 6 mm and only 6.2% measured more than 11 mm. No @entity1 presented simultaenous @entity356 . Only one complication was observed after the polypectomy, a @entity548 that was treated successfully with local injection of adrenaline. During the follow-up no case of @entity5 was detected and the recurrence of the polyp was observed in 2/8 @entity1 with @entity652 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity1127 are infrequent (0.33% gastroscopies); most of them (93.75%) measure less than 1 cm and they can be removed through endoscopy with safety. In our series, the most frequent histological type was the hyperplastic polyp (43.75%); polypoid @entity420 constituted 3.12% of the cases, one of them with less than 6 mm. Endoscopic follow-up is considered absolutely essential after the polypectomy, especially in @entity6523 .

[ XXXX . A retrospective study 1995-2000].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS', 'men'] @entity1127 :: ('MESH:D011127', 'Disease') :: ['Gastric epithelial polyps', 'polyps', 'hyperplastic polyps', 'gastric epithelial polyps'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['hemorrhage'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity6523 :: ('MESH:D018256', 'Disease') :: ['adenomatous polyps'] @entity652 :: ('MESH:D000236', 'Disease') :: ['adenomas', 'adenoma'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['polypoid adenocarcinomas', 'adenocarcinoma'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric adenocarcinoma']
@entity1127 :: (MESH:D011127,Disease) :: ['Gastric epithelial polyps']
