title: Perforated peptic ulcer. A further application of laparoscopic surgery.
abstract: A case of perforated peptic ulcer in a patient with cervical myelopathy due to osteophyte cervical canal stenosis complicated by the sudden onset of abdominal pain is described. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed a perforated peptic ulcer in the anterior wall of the duodenal cap. Laparoscopic treatment was suitable for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Victoria.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*