" SURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENT IN GASTRIC ULCER?"

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer

Much of the confusion of thought and teaching which now exists regarding the surgical management of patients suffering from chronic gastric and chronic duodenal ulcer arises from the fact that in recent years it has become customary to class these two conditions together as one disease-peptic ulcer. It is true that chronic gastric and chronic duodenal ulcer have certain features in common; the ...

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer

Much of the confusion of thought and teaching which now exists regarding the surgical management of patients suffering from chronic gastric and chronic duodenal ulcer arises from the fact that in recent years it has become customary to class these two conditions together as one disease-peptic ulcer. It is true that chronic gastric and chronic duodenal ulcer have certain features in common; the ...

The medical treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer

Medical or surgical treatment for Crohn's disease?

A physician commenting on the indications for surgery in Crohn's disease must first establish his credentials. An appointment in a combined medical and surgical gastroenterology unit where more than 1500 patients with inflammatory bowel disease have been treated in close collaboration with surgeons having unrivalled experience in the surgical treatment of Crohn's disease may perhaps suffice. Si...

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Medical or Surgical Treatment?

BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common condition with increasing prevalence worldwide. The disease encompasses a broad spectrum of clinical symptoms and disorders from simple heartburn without esophagitis to erosive esophagitis with severe complications, such as esophageal strictures and intestinal metaplasia. Diagnosis is based mainly on ambulatory esophageal pH testing and end...