[Use of luminescence analysis of biopsies of the gastric mucosa in the prognosis of gastric peptic ulcer].

Luminescence analysis of gastric biopsy specimens reflecting the state of cell respiration of the mucous membrane of the stomach (MMS) was used for endoscopic investigation of 271 patients with gastric ulcer (GU). A degree of decrease of the patients' own luminescence (DDPL) in an ordinary course of GU with a favorable outcome of cicatrization (108 patients) did not exceed 25% at the ulcer edge and 10% in the periulcerative zone. Prognosis of malignant transformation of ulcer and the development of callous gastric ulcer was based on the detection of a sharp decrease in the level of luminescence at the ulcer edge. A conclusion was made of a high prognostic value of luminescence endoscopy in GU.