SYMPTOMATIC PEPTIC-ULCER (PU) - IS THERE ANY SEASONAL-VARIATION - AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Svanes and coworkers (1) suggest that more perforations of peptic ulce r (PU) occur in early summer and early winter. This pattern is mainly caused by the high proportion of duodenal and pyloric ulcers taken tog ether, On the contrary, no clear seasonal variation of gastric and pre pyloric ulcers was documented. We present our findings on seasonal var iation of symptomatic peptic ulcers observed during an 8-year period i n our endoscopy unit.