[Simple closure or stomach resection in perforated gastroduodenal ulcers (author's transl)]

301 cases with perforated gastroduodenal ulcers are reported. The rate of primary stomach resection was 64%. The total letality amounted to 13.6%, after primary stomach resection 4.1%, after simple closure 31%. Both procedures are corresponding methods. Primary stomach resection is able to treat gastroduodenal ulcer definitively. Reserve with primary stomach resection is indicated in patients older than 60 years of age and times of perforation more than 12 hours.