Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

A Clinical Study of Duodenal Ulcer Perforation

Dr. S. Vijaya Mohan Rao, Dr. O. Siddharth

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Perforation of the duodenal ulcer is one of the common and lethal complications of the duodenal ulcer. Unless the prompt diagnosis is made and early active surgical management is done the mortality is very high, it is the commonest cause of death resulting from surgical abdominal emergency next to intestinal obstruction. 250 cases were studied in this series.Perforation most commonly occurred in the age group of 31 – 40 yrs. youngest patient in this series is 15yrs and oldest is 78yrs. Perforation was more common in winter season. Patients of perforation were usually manual labourers.

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DR.S. VIJAYA MOHAN RAO, Dr.O.Siddharth A Clinical Study of Duodenal Ulcer Perforation Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 11 November 2014

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