Perforation is a dangerous complication of peptic ulcer disease and requires emergency surgical treatment. In recent decades laparoscopic repair of duodenal perforation has been widely used in ...

Management of a perforated duodenal ulcer is most commonly performed by laparoscopy and consists of suture of the perforation after performing lavage of the peritoneal cavity. In most cases, a flap is ...

A success rate of 93 percent in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers has been achieved, Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting. A success rate of 93 percent in recent ...

Surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate ...

Closing a perforated duodenal ulcer with a stent was feasible and did not appear to differ from surgical closure in outcomes, a small randomized Swedish study suggested. In the 42-patient study, the ...

To advocate nonoperative treatment for certain cases of perforated peptic ulcer is not new. The first report of the successful management of such a case was that of T. Hall Redwood, who in 1870 10 ...

Prepyloric ulcers are a type of peptic or gastric ulcer. These open sores develop in the upper digestive tract, just above the pylorus, which is the opening to the small intestine. The tissues of the ...