Surgical treatment in asymptomatic patients with duodenal ulcers as a prophylaxis against haemorrhage.
In a group of 17 patients who underwent surgery for chronic duodenal ulceration because of past bleeding but without current symptoms, one patient re-bled with a follow-up of 81 patient years, as compared to one bleed over 6.8 patient years before surgery. This suggests that surgery is protecting these patients against recurrent episodes of haemorrhage.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric / Q000379:methods