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Surgical management of perforated peptic ulcer disease
K J Sweeney1, M O Faolain, D Gannon
1Dept of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin. karlsweeney@eircom.net
Background:
Surgery for perforated peptic ulcer disease is one of the most common emergency procedures carried out in the western world. The role of postoperative empiric Helicobacter Pylori eradication therapy is controversial.
Methods:
The clinical, operative and postoperative surveillance details of 84 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for perforated peptic ulcer were reviewed.
Results:
All patients underwent omentopexy +/- simple closure followed by proton pump therapy. Patients were followed-up for an average of 44 +/- 19 months. Females were older than male patients (59 +/- 20 vs. 46 + 17 years; p<0.05), presented with symptoms of a longer duration (17.9 +/- 16 vs. 8.9 +/- 9 hours; p=0.045) and had a higher mortality rate (18% vs 3%; p<0.05). Seventy-nine per cent of patients received postoperative empiric Helicobacter Pylori eradication therapy.
Conclusions:
Surgery for perforated peptic ulcer is associated with a significant perioperative mortality rate. Elderly female patients are particularly at risk.
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