Laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer in two patients.
The laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer was effectively done in two patients both of whom were poor risks for surgery. One was a 39-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma since she was 20 years of age, while the other was a 76-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, and diabetes mellitus. The postoperative course of these patients was uneventful. Based on these findings, the laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer should thus be considered as a first choice of treatment for a perforated duodenal ulcer, even in poor-risk patients.
Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Kabashima
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Maehara
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Hashizume
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Tomoda
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Kakeji
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Ohno
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Sugimachi
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012306:Risk