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L Banke

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PubMed1984

Morbidity of peptic ulcer. Registration of hospital discharges in Denmark 1978-1980.

A descriptive investigation of the frequency of discharges and the frequency of complications for patients with ulcer disease on the basis of the National Patient Registry in Denmark covering the years 1978, 1979, and 1980 for the diagnoses gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastrojejunal ulcer, peptic ulcer, site unspecified, and gastritis-duodenitis is presented. The number of discharges was constant--12,000-13,000 annually, or 250 per 100,000 inhabitants--with a 4% increase for gastric ulcer and an 11% decrease for duodenal ulcer during the period. The frequency of discharges was of the same size as for comparable groups of diseases in Denmark in 1970-1977 but greater than in the United Kingdom. The number of patients discharged was 10,000 annually. The consumption of bed days fell from 126,000 to 106,000, implying a reduction in the average length of stay from 9.6 to 8.3 days. The total number of surgical operations and the number of elective operations was constant, around 2000 and 1400 annually, respectively. Of the patients discharged 20% had had a bleeding and 8% a perforation from their ulcer. During the period of examination cimetidine was introduced in the treatment, and this may have influenced the decrease in the consumption of bed days and the frequency of discharges for duodenal ulcer.

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PubMed1975

Accidents and complications in selective and proximal gastric vagotomy.

In 3 years 266 consecutive patients were electively operated on for ulcer disease with either selective vagotomy (SV) with drainage (159) or proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) without drainage (107). The total number of operative accidents was 15 (6 percent), similar to that of truncal vagotomy. Perforation of the stomach occurred in six SV and in one PGV. The perforation went unobserved in two patients, of whom one died. Esophageal perforations were not observed. Bleeding from the lesser omentum or from the spleen was seen in seven patients, requiring reoperation in one. Postoperative surgical complications were seen in 25 patients (9 percent): clinical gastric retention was observed in nine patients, five with SV and four with PGV, and 13 had wound abscesses or dehiscence. Fifty-nine patients had other complications, of which 52 were radiologically demonstrated atelectases, mostly without any clinical significance. The total mortality rate was 1.1 percent, similar to that of truncal vagotomy. The duration of the two operative procedures did not differ, and the greater care required for preservation of the nerve of Latarjet tended to diminish the number of operative accidents.

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