Materials and Methods All patients undergoing surgical treatment for acute spontaneous
perforation of lesions of the stomach and duodenum at the Veterans Administration Hospital …

A study of 160 cases of perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers operated upon from 1925 to
1948 at the University of Virginia Hospital has been presented, indicating 20 operative …

EvERy w ELL REPARE su GEoN has a routine nethod for performing a stated operation, but
he does not restrict himself to a routine operation for a given lesion. Thus, he is prepared to …

One hundred and forty-nine cases of perforated peptic ulcer have been treated by the
nonoperative method by two surgeons in US Public Health Service hospitals. Of these, 107 …

1. One hundred fifty-four consecutive acute perforated peptic ulcers were presented. 2. 2.
The male to female ratio was 13: 1. 3. 3. No female perforations were gastric. 4. 4 …

To determine whether surgery could be avoided in some patients with perforated peptic
ulcer, we conducted a prospective randomized trial comparing the outcome of nonoperative …

One hundred and six cases of perforated peptic ulcer were treated without operative closure.
Only one death occurred due to coronary thrombosis. In addition, four patients died, having …

• This report concerns 35 adult patients in whom perforation of a duodenal or prepyloric
ulcer was treated nonoperatively between July 1979 and April 1988 at the Los Angeles …

Acute perforation of a peptic ulcer may be a life-threatening abdominal catastrophe that in
usual circumstances can be easily diagnosed and treated. The etiology of perforated …

The long-term course of fifty-seven patients surgically treated for perforated duodenal ulcer
was studied. Patients were classified in two groups depending on whether acute or chronic …