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Severe duodenal ulcer stenosis requires continuous decompression, which makes oral ingestion difficult, yet poor nutritional status before surgery increases the risk postoperative complications. Double percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (dPTEG) is
Keigo Nakashima, MD +9 more
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Giant duodenal ulcers (GDUs) are a subset of duodenal ulcers that have historically resulted in greater morbidity than usual duodenal ulcers. Until recently, few cases had been successfully treated with medical therapy. However, the widespread use of endoscopy, the introduction of H-2 receptor blockers and proton pump inhibitors, and the improvement in
Eric Benjamin, Newton +2 more
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Thyroid functional state in children with duodenal ulcer
Background. Most experts agree that duodenal ulcers are much more common in children. In recent years, the research interest in the relationship between the thyroid system and duodenal ulcer processes has become evident.
S.V. Sokolnyk +3 more
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AbstractThe incidence of perforation, complicating about 5% of duodenal ulcers, has not decreased proportional to the overall decline in peptic ulcer disease. To define the role of immediate definitive surgery, we conducted several prospective studies to identify risk factors that increase operative mortality as well as predictive factors associated ...
J, Boey, J, Wong
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Treatment of a duodenal-caval fistula secondary to peptic ulcer disease
We have reported the case of a duodenal-caval fistula in a 46-year-old man with peptic ulcer disease. He had previously undergone an open Graham patch repair for a perforated anterior duodenal ulcer and had presented 1 month after surgery with an upper ...
Ezra Y. Koh, MD +4 more
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We describe the first case of a nonhealing duodenal ulcer with perforation after proton beam therapy (PBT) of a liver tumor that was successfully treated endoscopically using polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheets with fibrin glue. A 69-year-old man received PBT
Ko Watanabe +15 more
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Prevalence of non Helicobacter pylori gastric Helicobacters in Iranian dyspeptic patients
Background Non Helicobacter pylori gastric Helicobacters (NHPGHs) are associated with a range of upper gastrointestinal symptoms, histologic and endoscopic findings.
Shakiba Shafaie +2 more
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Immunologic Reactivity in Adolescents with Duodenal Ulcer
The article presents the results of studying immunological and cytokine status in adolescents with duodenal ulcer. Duodenal ulcer is associated with increased levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-4, IL-6 and the decrease in the content of tumour necrosis ...
L.K. Parkhomenko +5 more
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Background This study investigated if the H. pylori dupA genotype and certain host single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs), including MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2, might correlate ...
Yeh Yi-Chun +4 more
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Surgery has been the standard treatment for perforated duodenal ulcers, with mostly good results. However, the resolution of postoperative leakage after primary repair of perforated duodenal ulcer remains challenging.
Young Jin Yoo +3 more
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