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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.
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Kabashima, A., Maehara, Y., Hashizume, M. et al. Laparoscopic repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer in two patients. Surg Today 28, 633–635 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950050196
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