Open AccessSurgical management of peptic perforation in a tertiary care center: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Tamal Kanti Sengupta,
Gautam Prakash,
Sabyasachi Ray,
Manoranjan Kar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_191_20
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , laparotomy , pneumoperitoneum , surgery , vomiting , population , peptic , retrospective cohort study , complication , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , laparoscopy , peptic ulcer , materials science , physics , environmental health , optics , punching , metallurgy
The purpose of this study is to estimate disease burden, clinical features, and outcome in the emergency surgical management of peptic perforation in a rural government tertiary care center where patients are socioeconomically very poor and also impacted by lack of good quality health-care facility.