title: Perforated gastric ulcer.
abstract: A retrospective study is presented of 297 patients operated upon for perforated benign gastric ulcer in Denmark from 1975 to 1984. Male:female ratio was 0.9:1, mean age 64.2 years. The numbers of gastric and prepyloric perforations were almost equal (156:141), but gastric perforations were more frequent in elderly women and prepyloric perforations in younger men. Simple closure was performed in 83 per cent of the patients, gastric resection in 14 per cent and simple closure and vagotomy in 3 per cent. The postoperative mortality rate was 21 per cent and was related to the high proportion of elderly patients with concurrent diseases and delayed treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery I, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lanng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palnaes Hansen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Thagaard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lassen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klaerke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tønnesen
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ostgaard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D014628:Vagotomy