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CHARLES M. HENRY, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1942;45(4):564-570.

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Few real surgical emergencies remain, but perforation of a peptic ulcer must be classed as one of the conditions demanding immediate surgical therapy. Much has been written on this subject, but there would seem to be a place for a more fundamental approach toward the bacteriologic and chemical problems involved. Perusal of the literature reveals a predominance of papers dealing with statistics or with points of technic rather than planned studies. It is the purpose of this paper to present data obtained from observations on a number of patients with benign ulcers of the stomach or the duodenum with free perforation into the general peritoneal cavity. I exclude from this group all malignant ulcers with perforation or posterior benign ulcers which have perforated into the lesser peritoneal cavity.

There is fairly general agreement¹ that intra-abdominal infection is a major cause of death in cases of gastric and duodenal perforations, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DETROIT

From the Department of Surgery, Wayne University College of Medicine, and the City of Detroit Receiving Hospital.

Footnotes
This study was aided by a grant from the Theodore A. McGraw Fund.

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