A Large Stomach Ulcer Is Associated With Raised Mortality in a Cohort of Patients Who Underwent Open Repair of Perforated Peptic Ulcer: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study

Introduction Perforated peptic ulcer disease (PPUD) is associated with a high postoperative mortality and morbidity rates especially within the first 90 days. The size and site of the ulcer may contribute to the prognosis of PPUD. In this study, we will describe the association of size and site of P...

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Autores principales: Aljiffry, Murad, Alshehrani, Esraa A, Saeed, Afnan, Albugmi, Fatemah, Alsulami, Israa, Alzahrani, Walaa, Al-Radi, Osman O, Alzahrani, Anas H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953306
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9790

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