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Short- and long-term outcomes of surgical management of peptic ulcer complications in the era of proton pump inhibitors.

Rabea HasadiaYael KopelmanOded OlshaRicardo AlficiItamar Ashkenazi
Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2018)
Mortality is high following surgery for the complications of PUD, moreso in patients undergoing surgery for hemorrhage. Reoperations and repeated hospitalizations for complications are not uncommon, even in patients who have had procedures to reduce gastric acid secretion and HP eradication.
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