Background: With dwindling rates of postoperative mortality in perforated peptic ulcer that is attributable to H 2-receptor blocker usage, there is a need to shift the focus towards the prevention ...

Stomach ulcers, also known as gastric ulcers, are sores that develop on the stomach lining, reports the NHS. However, you can also get ulcers in part of the intestine, just beyond the stomach ...

Patients presenting with acute mesenteric ischaemia alone face a high mortality rate as high as 60% whereas those presenting with peptic ulcer perforation the mortality rates range from 6-14%.

DJ Steve Wright died from acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer, according to his death certificate. The Radio 2 DJ, one of the most familiar voices on the airwaves in the UK ...