Peptic ulcers can now be cured without operation.
Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Duodenum exposed to above threshold gastric acid secretion may ulcerate if infected with Helicobacter pylori. Duodenal ulcers can be healed by suppressing acid secretion medically or surgically; their recurrence can be prevented by lifelong antisecretory drugs or by an elective vagotomy. However, duodenal and gastric ulcers can now be healed, and recurrence prevented, without operation by eradication of H. pylori.
Source: PubMed
Author: J H Baron
Language: English
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W23766035