[Complicated form of chronic stomach ulcer]

Stomach ulcer is one of the most important problems of gastroenterology. Complicated, often recurring, giant and refractory stomach ulcers are most complex in the pathogenetic and treatment regard. The chronic and often recurring course of the disease, high percent of complications including such severe ones as perforation and bleeding, malignization, penetration and stenosis quite often result in a partial or complete disability in patients. As is well known, it is generally the most active and capable part of population that suffers from this disease.