Consensus of the Present and Prospects on Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment in East Asian Countries

Table 2

(a) Disorders diagnosed by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (top three). (b) Origin of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (top three). (c) Disorders diagnosed by colonoscopy (top three). (d) Origin of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (top three). (e) Method to diagnose bleeding of the small intestine (top two).

(a)

	1	2	3
China	Gastritis	Duodenal ulcer	Gastric ulcer
Indonesia	Gastritis	Gastric ulcer	Esophageal varices
Japan	Gastritis	Reflux esophagitis	Gastric ulcer
Korea	Gastritis	Reflux esophagitis	Gastric ulcer
Philippine	Gastritis	Reflux esophagitis	Gastric ulcer
Thailand	Gastritis	Gastric ulcer	Reflux esophagitis

(b)

	1	2	3
China	Duodenal ulcer	Gastric ulcer	Esophageal varices
Indonesia	Esophageal varices	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer
Japan	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer	Gastric ulcer
Korea	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer	Esophageal varices
Philippine	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer	Esophageal varices
Thailand	Gastric ulcer	Duodenal ulcer	Esophageal varices

(c)

	1	2	3
China	Colon polyps	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis
Indonesia	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis	Colon polyps
Japan	Colon polyps	Colorectal cancer	Ischemic colitis
Korea	Colon polyps	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis
Philippine	Colon polyps	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis
Thailand	Colon polyps	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis

(d)

	1	2	3
China	Hemorrhoids	Colorectal cancer	Colon polyps
Indonesia	Hemorrhoids	Colorectal cancer	Ulcerative colitis
Japan	Hemorrhoids	Diverticula	Colorectal cancer
Korea	Hemorrhoids	Colorectal cancer	Ischemic colitis
Philippine	Hemorrhoids	Colorectal cancer	Diverticula
Thailand	Hemorrhoids	Colorectal cancer	Diverticula

(e)

	1	2
China	Double-balloon endoscopy	Angiography
Indonesia	Capsule endoscopy	Angiography
Japan	Capsule endoscopy	Double-balloon endoscopy
Korea	Capsule endoscopy	Angiography
Philippine	Angiography	Scintigraphy
Thailand	Capsule endoscopy	Double-balloon endoscopy