[Bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers from the viewpoint of the surgeon]

The article has discoursed of a diagnosis and a therapy of bleeding peptic ulcer. There has been used the group of the patients admitted at The Surgical Unit of The Faculty Hospital Motol in Prague during two and half years. Urgent endoscopy and endoscopic treatment of indicated findings have been performed as a common procedures. The surgical therapy has been necessary for the part of this patients. Operation's indications, types of the operations and their timing have been discussed.