However, ultrasound scans are not the typical method doctors use to check for stomach ulcers. Instead, they will likely review a person’s medication history, perform a physical examination, and ...

Ultrasound can’t detect stomach ulcers as easily as other methods, like upper endoscopy. But since ultrasound is noninvasive, it might be beneficial in some situations, like detecting large ...

SINCE 1892 to 1895,1 , 2 when the first reports of successful suture of perforated peptic ulcer were published, the mortality rate in the surgical therapy of this condition has steadily decreased, ...

A 44-year-old female with a history of long-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) abuse presented with a perforated high gastric ulcer that was penetrating into the left lobe of liver.

Question. It is postulated that gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is contraindicated in patients with suspected perforated ulcer. But in some hospitals outside the United States, upper GI endoscopy ...

O. M., a 29-year-old man, was examined on May 23, 1949, because of a painless enlargement of the right scrotum that had been present for 2 months. The testicle appeared to be twice the normal size ...