Duodenal ulcer perforation: have H2 receptor blockers reduced mortality?

Trop Gastroenterol

Department of General Surgery and Biostatistics, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Published: October 1999

Elective surgery for peptic ulcer is becoming rare with the use of more effective medical therapy. However, life threatening complications have not reduced in number. A retrospective study was carried out to compare perforation rates per 10,000 admissions, mortality rates from perforated duodenal ulcers per 10,000 admission and the proportion of patients with perforated duodenal ulcer who died, before and after the introduction of H2 receptor blockers in a large teaching hospital in South India. Perforation rates were not significantly different between the two periods under study. There was a small, but statistically significant (p = 0.047) drop in mortality per 10,000 admissions and a significant drop in proportion of patients with perforated ulcer who died (p = 0.028). Inspite of effective medical therapy, there is a subset of patients with duodenal ulcer who continue to perforate. Efforts should be directed towards identifying this subset and offering them early surgery. Mortality rates have not changed significantly.

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