Spectrum of perforated peptic ulcer disease in a tertiary care hospital in South India: predictors of morbidity and mortality.

Agarwal ShreyaSathar SahlaBalakrishnan GurushankariMadan Shivakumarnull RifaiVikram KateSathasivam SureshkumarThulasingam Mahalakshmy

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2023)

Old age, comorbidities, shock at presentation, perforation size >1 cm, higher ASA grade, prolonged surgery and biliopurulent contamination >500 mL were independent predictors of both increased post-operative morbidity and mortality.

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