Peptic ulcers can now be cured without operation.

J H Baron

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Peptic ulcers can now be cured without operation.

J H Baron

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Duodenum exposed to above threshold gastric acid secretion may ulcerate if infected with Helicobacter pylori. Duodenal ulcers can be healed by suppressing acid secretion medically or surgically; their recurrence can be prevented by lifelong antisecretory drugs or by an elective vagotomy. However, duodenal and gastric ulcers can now be healed, and recurrence prevented, without operation by eradication of H. pylori.

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J H Baron. 1995. Peptic ulcers can now be cured without operation.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7598412/

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