PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE;

Acase of Retroperitoneal Castlema\'s Disease with Perforated Peptic Ulcer

SUMMARY Castleman's disease is a rare condition. In its classic form Castlema's is a solitary lesion, two third of patients have tumour like mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites also could be affected including those where lymph nodes normaly occur ancl rarely tissues where lymph nodes are not found. More recently there have been several reports of patients with multi centeric involvem...

Perforated Peptic Ulcer.

Perforated peptic ulcer

Perforated peptic ulcer is a common emergency condition worldwide, with associated mortality rates of up to 30%. A scarcity of high-quality studies about the condition limits the knowledge base for clinical decision making, but a few published randomised trials are available. Although Helicobacter pylori and use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are common causes, demographic differences...

Current Practice DISEASE OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Perforated Peptic Ulcer

Perforations of peptic ulcers account for between 5 % and 8% of abdominal conditions submitted to urgent laparotomy. The general practitioner may see less than one case a year even though in an average-sized practice he has many patients with peptic ulcers. This relative rarity of the complication of perforation in the experience of the individual practitioner does not often lead to difficulty ...

Perforated peptic ulcer disease: a review of history and treatment.

BACKGROUND In the last one hundred years much has been written on peptic ulcer disease and the treatment options for one of its most common complications: perforation. The reason for reviewing the literature was evaluating most common ideas on how to treat perforated peptic ulcers (PPU) in general, opinions on conservative treatment and surgical treatment and summarizing ideas about necessary p...