Factors predicting failure of medical therapy for gastric ulcers.
Am J Surg
; 158(6): 570-2; discussion 572-3, 1989 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-2589592
ABSTRACT
We reviewed the charts of all patients admitted with a diagnosis of gastric ulcer from January 1970 to December 1980. Multiple risk factors were recorded in patients receiving medical treatment and compared in those patients successfully treated medically versus those requiring operation after a failed course of medical treatment. One hundred patients were treated medically without surgical intervention, and 34 patients underwent operation after medical therapy failed. Significant risk factors in patients requiring operative therapy included smoking (p = 0.03), multiple trauma and sepsis (p = 0.02), large ulcers (p = 0.03), and multiple ulcers (p = 0.02). We have identified a set of factors associated with a high risk of failure of medical therapy. Patients with any of these risk factors may be treated most effectively by a limited trial of medical therapy with close follow-up. If their ulcer disease does not respond readily to standard medical therapy, they should be considered for early elective surgery.
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1989
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