title: Laparoscopic management of duodenal ulcer perforation: is it advantageous?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgery is the mainstay of treatment of patients with peptic duodenal perforation. With the advent of minimal access techniques, laparoscopy is being used for the treatment of this condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 120 consecutive patients (mean age 44.5 years; 111 men) with duodenal ulcer perforation who had undergone laparoscopic surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  87 patients had history of tobacco consumption, 12 were chronic NSAID users, 72 had Helicobacter pylori infection and 36 had a co-morbid condition. The mean time to surgery from onset of symptoms was 28.4 hours. The median operating time was 46 minutes. All patients underwent laparoscopic closure of the perforation with Graham's patch omentopexy; 12 patients underwent additional definitive ulcer surgery. The morbidity rate was 7.5%; no patient needed conversion to open surgery or died. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 5.8 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of laparoscopic management of perforated peptic ulcer are encouraging, with no conversion to open surgery, low morbidity and no mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of GI and Minimal Access Surgery, Gem Hospital, 45A, Pankaja Mill Road, Coimbatore, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palanivelu
authors.forename: Kalpesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Senthilnathan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies