title: Perforated gastric ulcer.
abstract: Thirty-four patients presenting with gastric perforation over a ten year period were studied, retrospectively. Five patients (14%) died either as a result of delay in treatment or wrong diagnosis. In addition, 2 patients (6%) died from postoperative complications. Twelve patients (38%) were on potentially ulcerogenic drugs. Patients who had either simple closure of ulcers (n = 17) or partial gastrectomy (n = 6) had few symptoms at follow-up, but patients who underwent truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty (n = 7) had poorer results. There were 2 recurrent ulcers following simple closure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014628:Vagotomy