PEPTIC-ULCERS CAN NOW BE CURED WITHOUT OPERATION

Authors
BARON JH
Citation
Jh. Baron, PEPTIC-ULCERS CAN NOW BE CURED WITHOUT OPERATION, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 77(3), 1995, pp. 168-173
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
168 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1995)77:3<168:PCNBCW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Duodenums exposed to above threshold gastric acid secretion may ulcera te if infected with Helicobacter pylori. Duodenal ulcers can be healed by suppressing acid secretion medically or surgically; their recurren ce can be prevented by lifelong antisecretory drugs or by an elective vagotomy. However, duodenal and gastric ulcers can now be healed, and recurrence prevented, without operation by eradication of H. pylori.