2010
DOI: 10.1159/000264653
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Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Review of History and Treatment

Abstract: Background: In the last one hundred years much has been written on peptic ulcer disease and the treatment options for one of its most common complications: perforation. The reason for reviewing the literature was evaluating most common ideas on how to treat perforated peptic ulcers (PPU) in general, opinions on conservative treatment and surgical treatment and summarizing ideas about necessary pre-, per- and postoperative proceedings. Method: All relevant articles found by Medline, Ovid and PubMed search were … Show more

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“…Perforation occurs in 2%-10% of PU patients and accounts for more than 70% of deaths associated with PU disease (21,22). PU perforation used to be a disorder mainly of younger patients (predominantly males), whereas the current peak age is 40-60 years (23). Our results correlate with this report.…”
Section: Original Articlesupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Perforation occurs in 2%-10% of PU patients and accounts for more than 70% of deaths associated with PU disease (21,22). PU perforation used to be a disorder mainly of younger patients (predominantly males), whereas the current peak age is 40-60 years (23). Our results correlate with this report.…”
Section: Original Articlesupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Hence, we came up with a scoring system that incorporated these points which could strengthen the existing Boey's score that could still be used as an effective tool in a peripheral center to predict mortality cost effectively. [14] The present series reveals that the mortality is less when resuscitation is carried out in the PO interval. A high mortality was observed in nonresuscitated patients in both referred and direct groups thus signifying the importance of resuscitation in the PO interval.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 52%
“…The incidence of PUD has been 1.5% -3% (2). Although 10% -20% of the patients with history of PUD will complicate, out of this 2% -14% patient will have perforation peritonitis (3)(4)(5). Patients with PUD perforation carries high risk of mortality and morbidity (6).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%