Perforated and bleeding peptic ulcer: WSES guidelines

Abstract Background Peptic ulcer disease is common with a lifetime prevalence in the general population of 5–10% and an incidence of 0.1–0.3% per year. Despite a sharp reduction in incidence and rates of hospital admission and mortality over the past 30 years, complications are still encountered in...

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Main Authors: Antonio Tarasconi, Federico Coccolini, Walter L. Biffl, Matteo Tomasoni, Luca Ansaloni, Edoardo Picetti, Sarah Molfino, Vishal Shelat, Stefania Cimbanassi, Dieter G. Weber, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Fabio C. Campanile, Salomone Di Saverio, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Claudio Casella, Michael D. Kelly, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ari Leppaniemi, Ernest E. Moore, Andrew Peitzman, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Marco Ceresoli, Ronald V. Maier, Imtaz Wani, Vittoria Pattonieri, Gennaro Perrone, George Velmahos, Michael Sugrue, Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Fausto Catena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-019-0283-9