Abstract
This retrospective study of 174 patients with proven duodenal ulcer perforation was undertaken to delineate the natural history of those patients primarily managed by suture plication. During this 25-year period, 122 patients (70%) were treated with suture plication and 52 (30%) underwent a definitive procedure. There were 13 deaths in the overall group (7.4%) of which the mortality was 6.5% in the plicated group and 9.6% in the definitive group. Of the 122 patients treated with suture plication, 48% either 1) died of ulcer complications later, 2) required reoperation for ulcer disease, or 3) were under active treatment for ulcer symptoms. The reperforation rate in the entire series was 9% and the reoperation rate 32%. Suture plication is a time-honored, life-saving procedure, however, definitive surgery is a superior form of long-term management of the perforated duodenal ulcer patient.
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