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SURGERY FOR DUODENAL ULCER: SELECTION OF THE MOST SUITABLE OPERATION FOR THE PATIENT
Author(s) -
Nelson Peter G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130071.x
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenal ulcer , selection (genetic algorithm) , surgery , mortality rate , general surgery , computer science , artificial intelligence
The results of 70 consecutive operations for duodenal ulcer are presented to illustrate an approach which attempts to make the best use of the range of available operations. The object is to select patients according to criteria which minimise mortality and recurrent ulcer rate by adapting the operation to the circumstances. Functional results have been extremely satisfactory; operative mortality was 1$md4% and, although the follow‐up period is not sufficiently long to allow a final rate to be determined, proven recurrent ulcer rate is 2$md8%. These results indicate that this approach is worth further consideration.