Mucosal cell proliferation in the first part of the duodenum was studied in 24 patients using a tissue culture technique in which endoscopic biopsies were subjected to autoradiography after exposure to tritiated thymidine. Eight patients had a normal duodenum, eight had duodenal ulcer, and eight had symptomatic chronic non-specific duodenitis. The mean crypt labelling index (LI) in normal duode...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether one week's drug treatment is sufficient to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in patients with duodenal ulcer. DESIGN Single blind, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Specialised ulcer clinic in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS 155 patients with H pylori and a duodenal ulcer verified endoscopically which had either bled within the previous 24 hours or was causing ...

The use of the terms 'acute' and 'chronic' when describing perforated duodenal ulcers has sometimes produced confusion. It is obviously incorrect to speak of an 'acute perforation' because all perforations are acute although some may be small and therefore leak slowly. On the other hand, it is established that both acute and chronic ulcers perforate, although it may appear to be of academic int...

Complications of peptic ulcer the stomach and duodenum are an integral part urgent abdominal surgery. This especially applies to complications duodenal ulcers (DU), which, in turn, is associated with a combination several problems choice surgical tactics for their treatment. supported by postoperative mortality rates, which remain high range from 15.0% 68.0% according various sources. The aim w...

Purpose: To analyze and highlight the most effective methods of surgical treatment complicated duodenal ulcer (DU) depending on its location. Material methods. 86 patients underwent surgery for combined pyloroduodenal ulcers. All with signs gastrointestinal bleeding perforation were examined according to clinical protocols. Patients operated by various techniques location DU. Further analysis d...

To determine the effect of verapamil on experimental duodenal ulcer, pathologic assessment and secretory study were performed in the rats with ulcerogenic dose of cysteamine. The cysteamine increased gastric acid secretion and produced double duodenal ulcers at the proximal protion of the duodenum. Intramuscular injection of verapamil, 3 hours later, produced a significant decreased in gastric ...