Laparoscopic closure of acutely perforated duodenal ulcer--an early experience

Laparoscopic closure of an acutely perforated duodenal ulcer is an alternative procedure to open surgery. With proper training and experience this procedure might overtake laparotomy and simple closure thereby reducing the post operative morbidity in terms of reduced wound pain, short hospital stay, likely reduced wound sepsis and hernia occurrence and post operative chest complications. This article describes four patients with acute perforation of duodenal ulcer who were submitted to an emergency laparoscopic repair.