Background: With dwindling rates of postoperative mortality in perforated peptic ulcer that is attributable to H 2-receptor blocker usage, there is a need to shift the focus towards the prevention ...

the diverticulum is considered to be one of the false type and due to a perforation of the peptic ulcer just beyond the pylorus." Figure 3 Oblique Projection in Case 2, Showing the Walled-off ...

Duration of pain was categorized as <24 hours, 24–48 hours, 48–72 hours and more than 72 hours; the size of perforation was dichotomized as less than 1 cm and ≥1 cm while the amount of ...