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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS OCTOBER 2018
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Practical training at Gisenyi District Hospital
GI consultation was
completed on the hundreds
of patients referred for
endoscopy.
team including nurses, technicians
and a biomedical engineer. While
previous exchanges had included only
physicians, this endoscopy week saw
increased productivity due to the
biomedical engineer repairing nonfunctioning
devices, technicians educating
on maintenance of equipment
and nurses exchanging knowledge on
patient sedation and monitoring.
During Rwanda Endoscopy Week
the teams completed 200 EGDs, 39
colonoscopies and 5 ERCPs. These
were the first ERCPs ever performed
in Rwanda and generated a large
amount of media attention. Of the
200 EGDs performed, 33% revealed
significant findings including peptic
Hands on training at CHUK
Prof. Gordon discusses the experience of
ERCP procedure before the media
Ceremony to present certificates
ulcer disease (16%), suspected gastric
malignancy (4%), esophageal varices
(4.5%) and gastric outlet obstruction
(2.5%). Instruction in interventional
procedures included esophageal variceal
banding, placement of esophageal
stents, PEG tubes, and balloon
dilation of the esophagus, duodenum
and pylorus. Significant findings on
colonoscopy included hemorrhoid
disease and suspected colorectal cancer.
There was one case of ulcerative
colitis diagnosed.
The team is currently planning for
the second Rwanda Endoscopy Week
to take place in October, 2018. One
focus of this year’s event will be a
conscious sedation training course for
Rwanda endoscopy nurses. The teams
also plan to initiate training of the
first Rwanda GI fellows in the near
future.