Nature and treatment outcomes of bleeding post-bulbar duodenal ulcers.
Tamotsu MatsuhashiSho FukudaYasuhiko AbeTatsuya MikamiTetsuya TatsutaTakuto HikichiJun NakamuraYusuke OnozatoWaku HattaAtsushi MasamuneMotoki OhyauchiHirotaka ItoNorihiro HanabataYasumitsu ArakiTakumi YanagitaHidemichi ImamuraTsuyotoshi TsujiKae SugawaraYouhei HorikawaShuichi OharaYutaka KondoTakahiro DohmenKatsunori IijimaPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2021)
This is the first study focusing on the nature and treatment outcomes of bleeding PBDUs. PBDUs were associated with much higher rebleeding and mortality rates in comparison to BDUs, and the likelihood of rebleeding may be derived from their unique anatomic location.