Social mobility in African patients with duodenal ulcers.

The antrum in patients with duodenal and gastric ulcers.

Treatment of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers

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The long-term management of patients with bleeding duodenal ulcers.

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal haemorrhage is a common complication of duodenal ulcers. Patients who bleed are at substantial risk of recurrent bleeding. AIM To determine whether appropriate therapeutic steps were taken to reduce the risk of recurrent haemorrhage in patients with a bleeding duodenal ulcer. METHODS The management of patients surviving a duodenal ulcer bleed in the University Ho...

Serum Leptin Level in Patients with Duodenal Ulcer

Background: Leptin and its receptors have been found in the human gastric mucosa.  Its secretion by gastric mucosa has generated interest in its probable role in the gastrointestinal tract and pathophysiology of diseases. Objective: To determine any possible correlation between serum leptin level and pathological findings in patients with duodenal ulcer (DU). Methods: In a cross-sectional study...

Incidence of Gastric Metaplasia and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Duodenal Bulb – With Specific Reference to Patients With Duodenal Ulcers

We determined the incidence of gastric metaplasia in the duodenal bulb of duodenal ulcer patients and the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection rate at sites with gastric metaplasia. Biopsy of the duodenal bulb showed the presence of gastric metaplasia in 61 of 86 patients (71%) overall and in 18 of 47 patients (38.3%) who had gastrectomy at an early gastric cancer. The histological diagnos...