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1. Treating Peptic Ulcer - US News and World Report
Most peptic ulcers heal if gastric acid production is suppressed when the infection is eradicated.
2. Peptic ulcer : Complications
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Bleeding inside the body (internal bleeding; Gastric outlet obstruction; Inflammation of the tissue that lines the wall of the abdomen (peritonitis; Perforation of the stomach and intestines.• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
3. Pyloroplasty
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Pyloroplasty is a surgical procedure in which the pylorus valve at the lower portion of the stomach is cut and resutured, relaxing and widening its muscular opening (pyloric sphincter) into the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). Pylorop...• Author: Kathleen D. Wright RN, L. Lee Culvert Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
4. Peptic ulcer - Complications -- Mayo Clinic
Left untreated, peptic ulcers can cause internal bleeding and can eat a hole through the wall of your stomach or small intestine, putting you at risk of serious infection of your abdominal cavity (peritonitis). http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=F16A6FF2-4069-4473-B642BD6F4AE669...
5. What Are the Complications of Peptic Ulcers? -- Information from the Merck Manual
Surgery is used primarily to deal with complications of a peptic ulcer, such as a perforation, an obstruction that fails to respond to drug therapy or that recurs, two or more major episodes of bleeding ulcers, a gastric ulcer suspected of being... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch121/ch121c.html#sb121_2
6. eMedicine - Peptic Ulcer Disease : Article by Tri H Le
Prostaglandin analog can be used to decrease incidence of peptic ulcers and complications in chronic NSAID users. Dyspeptic symptoms that might suggest PUD are not specific because only 20-25% of patients with symptoms suggestive of peptic... http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1776.htm |
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