Objective: To determine the clinical outcome of laparoscopic versus open repair perforated peptic ulcer. Study Design: Comparative analytical study Place and Duration Study: Department Surgery Ward-2, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi from 1st March 2021 to 28th February 2022. Methodology: Fifty patients with duodenal ulcer perforation were divided into two equal groups surgery or was ...

Finney (I900) stated that in 20 per cent. of patients with a perforated peptic ulcer, more than one perforation occurred. Fifty years later Aird gives a figure of less than I per cent.; both report multiple perforations of a single large ulcer. Yet, while every volume of the 'Index Medicus' contains hundreds of references to peptic ulceration, reports of double perforations are rare. Masson and...

Although prevalence of peptic ulcer is decreasing, the number of peptic ulcer perforations appears to be unchanged. This complication of peptic ulcer is traditionally surgically treated. In recent years, a number of papers have been published where the authors managed perforated duodenal peptic ulcer in selected patients using laparoscopic approach. Laparoscopic treatment of perforated duodenal...

Background: The most common surgical emergency in general surgery is perforation peritonitis. It a serious condition with mortality rate of up to 20%, and it the third cause abdomen after appendicitis intestinal obstruction. aim this study discuss presentation, etiology, management outcome peritonitis our hospital. Methods: 60 patients features admitted from September 2021 August 2022 departmen...

Enteric fever is a systemic illness with varying presentation. It is an important infectious disease in developing countries and also in industrialized countries where many migrants reside. Enteric fever can result in complications in different organ systems and delay in identification and prompt treatment can be fatal. The important gastrointestinal complications of enteric fever include hepat...

OBJECTIVE: Data on the incidence of peptic ulcer in childhood and risk factors other than Helicobacter pylori (Hp) are insufficient. The aim this study is to determine frequency, clinical findings, complications gastroduodenal children.MATERIAL AND METHODS: endoscopy reports file information children who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy our center between May 2011 December 2018 were reviewe...

Abstract Duodenal perforations are a surgical emergency with high mortality. Most require open or laparoscopic repair, whereby the ulcer is oversewn, sometimes using Graham patch. However, surgery not without complications. We report case of 70-year-old man chronic, perforated duodenal that was repaired endoscopically. The patient presented 1-month history epigastric abdominal pain, exacerbated...

This paper reports a case of duodenal ulcer (A1 stage) after general gastroscopy, when the patient left hospital without discomfort, but felt persistent aggravated abdominal pain in about 20 minutes, so admitted to emergency department due perforation showed by CT, and aspirated CO2 air pump under anesthesia operating room four hours later, performed painless endoscopic repair. Then, he release...

Foreign body ingestion is a condition more common in the pediatric population than in adults. In adults, although foreign body ingestion can be well tolerated, approximately 10-20% of patients require endoscopic intervention. Delayed diagnosis and unremoved foreign bodies can cause serious and fatal complications including perforation, fistula and gastrointestinal bleeding. Here we report a pat...

INTRODUCTION Duodenal diverticula are uncommon and usually asymptomatic. Complications like bleeding, perforation and biliary fistulae are rare. The management of a bleeding duodenal diverticulum can be challenging. With the improvement of endoscopic techniques, many of the cases reported in the literature were managed with endoscopic methods. We present a case report of bleeding duodenal diver...