[Surgical tactics in ulcer-related gastroduodenal hemorrhage in middle-aged and elderly patients]

Under analysis were immediate results of surgical treatment of ulcer disease of the stomach and duodenum complicated by profuse hemorrhage in 229 patients aged from 60 to 79 who were treated in a specialized gastroenterological department of a regional hospital and district hospital. It has been proved that better results of the surgical treatment of gastroduodenal hemorrhages of ulcerous etiology in elderly and senile patients are dependent on more active and earlier performing operative interventions.