Management of Giant Gastric Ulcer Perforation: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Giant gastric ulcer (GGU) is defined as an ulcer more than 3 cm in diameter. Now infrequent in clinical practice, in the pre-H2 receptor antagonist (H2RA) era, the incidence of GGU varied between 12 and 24% of all gastric ulcers. Proton pump inhibitors reportedly achieve better healing rates and sym...

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Main Authors: Nitin Vashistha, Dinesh Singhal, Gurpreet Makkar, Suneel Chakravarty, Vivek Raj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4681989