Typical symptoms following injury to the stomach and duodenum include bleeding and epigastric pain. Haemorrhage is mainly in the form of blood in the stool and vomiting, in mild cases…
Gastroduodenal perforation is usually accompanied by bleeding. In mild cases, the bleeding may appear as positive occult blood in the stool, tarry black stools and vomiting of coffee-coloured material; when…
Perforation is one of the most serious complications of peptic ulcers. When an ulcer penetrates the wall of the stomach or duodenum causing perforation, it can cause bleeding and abdominal…
Because most haematomas are self-absorbing and heal spontaneously through mechanisation, priority is given to non-surgical treatment of haematomas within the duodenal wall without rupture, including gastrointestinal decompression, nutritional support and…
The mortality rate of gastroduodenal injury depends on whether there is a combination of other organ injuries; the mortality rate is low for simple gastric injury and over 40% for…
There are many drugs that cause gastroduodenal injury, mainly because of the side effects of drugs that can lead to peptic ulcers complicated by perforation. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as…