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Perforated Peptic Ulcer Treated by Simple Closure and Helicobacter Pylori Eradication

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Simple closure followed by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication has become the most used procedure in perforated ulcer treatment. However, its efficacy and safety are still to be determined. To assess recurrence and re-perforation rates, and as a secondary objective, to analyze Hp infection rates in perforated ulcer patients and controls, we conducted a prospective study. Ninety-two consecutive patients (ages: 19–96 years) were operated on between 1996 and 2002, and treated by simple closure followed by Hp eradication and NSAID avoidance. The data were prospectively collected in a database. Hp infection was diagnosed in 68 patients (73.9%). Thirty-four patients (37%) consumed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and 23 (25%) had both Hp infection and NSAID antecedents. The perforation was gastric in 4 cases and pre-pyloric, pyloric or duodenal in 88. There were postoperative complications in 24 patients (26%) and 4 patients died (4.3%). Hp eradication was shown in 46 patients. There was clinical ulcer recurrence in 4 (4.3%); in 3 of them recurrence manifested as re-perforation, all in gastric locations. Overall relapse and re-perforation 1-year crude rates were 6.1% and 4.1%, respectively. Crude rates for non-gastric ulcer recurrence were 0 at 1 year and 2.6% at 2 years and for non-gastric ulcer re-perforation rates were 0 at 1 and 2 years. This therapeutic strategy is associated with a low rate of recurrence and no re-perforations in case of duodenal, pyloric, or pre-pyloric perforated ulcers, but it is not acceptable for perforated gastric ulcers.

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  1. Department of General Surgery II, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Avda. Valdecilla s/n, Santander, 39008, Spain

    Juan C. Rodríguez-Sanjuán M.D, Ph.D., Roberto Fernández-Santiago M.D., Rosa A. García M.D., Soledad Trugeda M.D., Fernando la de Torre M.D. & Manuel Gómez-Fleitas M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of General Surgery I, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Avda Valdecilla s/n, Santander, 39008, Spain

    Isabel Seco M.D. & Angel Naranjo M.D., Ph.D.

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Rodríguez-Sanjuán, J.C., Fernández-Santiago, R., García, R.A. et al. Perforated Peptic Ulcer Treated by Simple Closure and Helicobacter Pylori Eradication. World J. Surg. 29, 849–852 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-005-7797-x

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