PEPTIC-ULCER - COMPLICATIONS, COEXISTING DISEASE, AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

Authors
FREDELL CH
Citation
Ch. Fredell, PEPTIC-ULCER - COMPLICATIONS, COEXISTING DISEASE, AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, Complications in surgery, 12(5), 1993, pp. 28-30
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Surgery
Journal title
Complications in surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
1053749X
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
28 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-749X(1993)12:5<28:P-CCDA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The majority of the 481 gastric operations performed during the past 1 2 years at the Phoenix VA Medical Center were for peptic ulcer disease . Postoperative complications after operation for hemorrhage or perfor ation in 103 patients were more frequent than those following elective operations. This was especially true among patients over 60 years of age and among those with coexisting diseases, which were often directl y related to the complications.