Surgery Today

, Volume 28, Issue 6, pp 633–635 | Cite as

Laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer in two patients

  • Akira Kabashima
  • Yoshihiko Maehara
  • Makoto Hashizume
  • Masaaki Tomoda
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji
  • Shinji Ohno
  • Keizo Sugimachi
Case Reports

Abstract

The laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer was effectively done in two patients both of whom were poor risks for surgery. One was a 39-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma since she was 20 years of age, while the other was a 76-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma, lung cancer, and diabetes mellitus. The postoperative course of these patients was uneventful. Based on these findings, the laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer should thus be considered as a first choice of treatment for a perforated duodenal ulcer, even in poor-risk patients.

Key Words

laparoscopy duodenal ulcer perforation complication 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Akira Kabashima
    • 1
  • Yoshihiko Maehara
    • 1
  • Makoto Hashizume
    • 1
  • Masaaki Tomoda
    • 1
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji
    • 1
  • Shinji Ohno
    • 1
  • Keizo Sugimachi
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Surgery II, Faculty of MedicineKyushu UniversityFukuokaJapan

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