[Usefulness of long-term follow-up of gastric ulcer: a case load contribution to the natural history of gastric ulcer in relation to treatment with H2-blockaders].
Thorough long-term clinical, endoscopic and biopsy follow-up (from 6 months to greater than 8 years; mean follow-up: 3 years 3 months) of a group of 202 cases of apparently benign gastric ulcer has enabled us to evaluate the natural history of gastric ulcer in relation to medical therapy with H2-blockers and to patient compliance when using such drugs. The results confirm the efficacy of H2-antagonist therapy in gastric ulcer healing and in the prevention of relapse. Thorough follow-up, moreover, made it possible to keep surgical operations for non-neoplastic causes down to very low numbers, only 3 patients (1.5%) being operated on for haemorrhagic emergencies and 12 (6%) for non-response to therapy.
De Bernardin
M
M
U.L.S.S. N. 17-Regione Veneto, Presidio Ospedaliero di Noale, Servizio di Endoscopia.
Bortolozzi
E
E
Danieli
F
F
Sicari
U
U
Pinto
G
G
Gatto
F
F
Bragato
N
N
Corso
G F
GF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001706:Biopsy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists
Utilità di un follow-up endoscopico a lungo termine nell'ulcera gastrica: contributo casistico alla storia naturale dell'ug in rapporto alla terapia con h2-bloccanti.