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. 1995 May;77(3):168–173.

Peptic ulcers can now be cured without operation.

J H Baron 1
PMCID: PMC2502085  PMID: 7598412

Abstract

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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