Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is predicted to affect between 0.1 and 0.3 percent of the population each year. PUD develops at a rate roughly 1% per year in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infected persons, which 6 10 times higher than uninfected people. The prevalence increases with age both duodenal stomach ulcers. Two factors contribute peptic disease: H. infection use nonsteroidal anti-inflamma...

BACKGROUND The chronic use of synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) which has become an increasingly prevalent problem can rarely cause gastric and duodenal ulcer because of their effects on gastric secretion and emptying. Since peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a rarely seen entity in patients who consult to the emergency service with complaints of abdominal pain, most of the physicians do not suspect of t...

Perforation is the most common complication of peptic ulcer disease. In spite of modern progress in the management, it is still a life-threatening catastrophe. Due to friable margins and the moribund state of the patient, managing large duodenal perforations(>20 mm in diameter) is a challenging task. The case files of 64 patients who underwent emergency laparotomy for peptic ulcer perforations ...

Background. Perforation peritonitis is the one of the commonest emergency encountered by surgeons. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the spectrum of perforation peritonitis managed in a single unit of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. Methods. A retrospective study was carried out between May 2010 and June 2013 in a single unit of the department of Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital,...