Abstract

THIS report is concerned with the surgical care of gastric and duodenal ulcers in two small hospitals in New Hampshire. It covers a period of two and a half years, ending June 30, 1953, during which gastric resection for gastric, duodenal or gastrojejunal ulcer was performed in 103 cases.The types of ulcer and primary indications for resection are presented in Table 1. Intractability includes failure of either a gastric or duodenal ulcer to heal on medical therapy, persistent pain or bleeding on a good medical program and repeated perforation.The circumstances of gastric resection are outlined in Table 2. The word . . .

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