title: [Ulcer surgery - what remains?].
abstract: Ulcer surgery today concentrates on the complications of chronic ulcer disease, especially ulcer perforation and endoscopically uncontrollable ulcer bleeding. In this case the laparoscopic or open closure of the gastroduodenal defect or local hemostasis of the bleeding ulcer by laparotomy are the main aims of surgery. Elective operations due to recurrent gastric or duodenal ulcers have become rare. An indication for gastric ulcer resistant to conservative therapy could be persisting suspicion of malignancy whereas in duodenal ulcer gastric outlet obstruction represents a reason for surgery. If these indications are confirmed the classic procedures of gastric resection like Billroth I and Billroth II are performed whereas vagotomy is no longer used. Altogether ulcer surgery has become very safe although it is practiced quite rarely.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Visceral- und Gefässchirurgie der Universität, Köln, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937 Köln. Arnulf.Hoelscher@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hölscher
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bollschweiler
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mönig
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*