PMID: 3767481Oct 1, 1986Paper

A thousand operations for ulcer disease

Annals of Surgery
C E WelchP von Ryll Gryska

Abstract

A retrospective study of 1068 patients who had operations for peptic ulcer disease in the 12-year period from January 1, 1974, to January 1, 1986, permits these conclusions: The number of patients admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has declined steadily in the years of this study--1974-1986. The average number of patients admitted with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease in precimetidine years--1974, 1975, and 1976--and in recent years--1982, 1983, and 1984--shows a decline of 39.3% in admissions. In the same periods, the average number of operations per year has declined from 92 in precimetidine years to an average of 71 (16.5%) recently. The decline has been greatest in patients operated on electively for duodenal ulcer. Operations for massive hemorrhage and acute perforations and the number of deaths have remained nearly constant. The overall mortality rate was 10.3%. The mortality following elective operations for pain was 0.5%; for urgent operations, including those for obstruction, 4.5%, and for bleeding other than massive, 7.5%; and for emergency operations, including those for acute perforation, 20.9%, and for massive hemorrhage, 22.1%. The main causes of death were organ failure (most commonly of the ...Continue Reading

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