Perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers: treatment options

Treatment of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers

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[Perforated duodenal diverticula. Case report and treatment options].

BACKGROUND the presence of duodenal diverticula was first described in 1710 by Chromel. Duodenal diverticulum is the second most common site of diverticula in the digestive tract. Anatomically duodenal diverticula are located in 10 to 67% in the second portion of duodenum, and its finding in most cases incidental. About 90% of patients appear asymptomatic, manifesting symptoms mostly once estab...

The medical treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers.

Twenty-Five Consecutive Cases of Operation for Perforated Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers

SIMPLE gastric ulcer occasionally progresses without causing any inconvenience to the patient, who may be in apparently good health, until the rude awaking due to perforation indicates the serious nature of his malady. The diagnosis of perforation is generally sufficiently obvious, and there are definite sign5 and symptoms which lead one to a correct diagnosis. ^ history of indigestion can usua...

Duodenal and gastric ulcers: consensus on management

THE AUTHORS HIGHLIGHT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH on Helicobacter pylori. There is now consensus that all patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent duodenal or gastric ulcers who have a positive test result for H. pylori should be treated for the infection. Patients presenting with complications of ulcers, such as bleeding, should also be treated. H. pylori has recently been classified as a d...