title: [Our experience in the surgical treatment of perforated peptic ulcer].
abstract: The authors report their experience in the treatment of perforated peptic ulcer. From August 1992 to December 1995 a total of 23 patients (14 cases of gastric ulcer and 9 cases of duodenal ulcer), mean age 67.5 years, underwent emergency surgery for perforated peptic ulcer. The operations performed included: simple gastrorrhaphy in 19 cases (11 for gastric ulcer, 8 for duodenal ulcer); gastrorrhaphy with pyloroplasty + GEA in 1 case of gastric ulcer; gastrorrhaphy with pyloroplasty in 2 cases (1 for gastric ulcer, 1 for duodenal ulcer); gastric resection in 1 case of gastric ulcer. One case of perioperative mortality occurred, equivalent to 4.3%, whereas the percentage of complications observed was 13% (2 cases of IRA, 1 case of wound infection). The mean age of patients (67.5 years) and the high percentage of associated major pathologies (39.1%) oriented the choice of therapy towards ulcerorrhaphy. In the authors' opinion this rapid and easy to perform method represents the best treatment of perforated peptic ulcer; the validity of ulcerorrhaphy is confirmed by the reduced mortality (4.3%) and the low percentage of morbidity (13%) found in this series.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale di Ivrea (Torino), Regione Piemonte-Azienda USL 9.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coluccio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fornero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: La nostra esperienza nel trattamento chirurgico dell'ulcera peptica perforata.