Table 1

High risk lesions found at initial open access endoscopy and in the group accepting surveillance

Open accessSurveillance
*Many patients with ulcers or polyps also had associated high risk histological changes. Those that did not are shown in parenthesis.
Dysplasia 15 7
Intestinal metaplasia185 93
Atrophic gastitis 29 11
Fovoelar hyperplasia 39 20
Regenerative changes 31 13
Gastric ulcers* (without high risk histology)107 (50) 48 (13)
Polyps* (without high risk histology) 33 (19) 16 (9)
Total368166