Medical versus surgical therapy for duodenal ulcer: making the right choices.
Significant advances have recently been made in the medical and surgical treatment of duodenal ulcer. Safe and more effective or better utilized drugs have emerged concurrently with improvements in surgical therapy. Identifying the proper candidates for each treatment modality has become a challenging task, although fortunately it has also implied a firm step forward in our struggle to conquer duodenal ulcer disease.
D000863:Antacids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk; D014628:Vagotomy
D000863:Antacids; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D002927:Cimetidine