Surgical Operations for Peptic Ulcer in the Geriatric Patient

The surgical treatment of peptic ulcer.

The acute complications of peptic ulcer and their surgical treatment.

It will be seen that three of the cases were under forty and two under forty-five. Except for one case, the length of history was measured in years. Seven of the eight ulcer-cancers occurred in the pyloric antrum, thus confirming that it is the chronic ulcer in this situation which is particularly liable to undergo malignant change. Five of the patients are dead, one was dying when last seen an...

On the surgical management of duodenal peptic ulcer disease.

Though the incidence of duodenal ulcer disease seems to be on the wane it still affects 5-10 ~Vo of the population.’ This fact alone renders it a major issue in public health. At least four main factors appear to be important in the pathophysiology of this disease: gastric acid secretion, pepsin activity, mucosal defenses and gastric motility.2 Although acid production is, indeed, necessary for...

Peptic Ulcer

Peptic Ulcer

The conventional biomedical model used for medical research and disease management is a linear model in which the cause-effect relationship is important. In contrast, the model used in psychosomatic medicine is a bio-psychosocial model in which much importance is attached to interactions and relationships among various factors, as well as to the individuality of the patients. When peptic ulcer ...