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Review
. 2014 Feb;94(1):31-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Nov 5.

Gastroduodenal perforation

Raminder Nirula  1
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Review

Gastroduodenal perforation

Raminder Nirula. Surg Clin North Am. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

The cause and management of gastroduodenal perforation have changed as a result of increasing use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatories and improved pharmacologic treatment of acid hypersecretion as well as the recognition and treatment of Helicobacter pylori. As a result of the reduction in ulcer recurrence with medical therapy, the surgical approach to patients with gastroduodenal perforation has also changed over the last 3 decades, with ulcer-reducing surgery being performed infrequently.

Keywords: Gastroduodenal; Perforation; Ulcer-reducing surgery.

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