[Endoscopic laser therapy of stomach and duodenal ulcers]

The authors analyse the results of the treatment of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum by indestructible red laser radiation in 65 patients. Complete healing of ulcer was attained in 92.3% of the cases. In 7.7% of the patients, ulcer appeared resistant to laser radiation. Peptic ulcer relapsed in 6.2% of the patients. It is shown that the efficacy of laser radiation treatment is dependent on the ulcer localization.