OBJECTIVE To evaluate pentoxifylline for the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. DESIGN A 60-day, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a 60-day no treatment follow-up. SETTING An oral medicine specialist referral center in Manchester. PARTICIPANTS Forty-nine volunteers who passed the initial assessment for recurrent aphthous stomatitis entered a pretrial phase i...

Background:Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by mucosal damage due to secretion pepsin and gastric acid. The current study aimed determine prevalence causes recurrent peptic ulcer. Methods:The adopted an exploratory design in order for individuals predict outcome. participants were belonging age group 18-75. This chosen as major influence observe...

Background: Refractory peptic ulcers are in the stomach or duodenum that do not heal after eight to twelve weeks of medical/surgical treatment those associated with complications despite medical tssreatment. We herein present a case 44 year old man recurrent perforated duodenal ulcer requiring emergent surgical intervention.

This study was designed to determine the factors associated with recurrence of leprosy ulcers. Between April and August 1992, 55 consecutive leprosy patients admitted with skin ulcers were studied. Factors predisposing to recurrence, e.g. patient's age, disease duration, ulcer site, ulcer depth and physical deformity (taking into account neuromuscular and skeletal damage) were evaluated. Ulcer ...