Duodenal Ulcer: The Present Status of Definitive Surgery; The Selection and Management of Patients Undergoing Operation

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Management of the Patient (after Gastroduodenal Surgery)The criterion of success of any operation for duodenal ulcer is simple: the patient must with minimal risk have exchanged his ulcer symptoms for relative freedom from symptoms. In this benign process, any surgical complication, as well as any recurrence of ulcer, threatens to deny the patient any value from the operation. Only when operation has been done for life-endangering hemorrhage may one view undesirable side effects as a permissible price to pay for riddance of the ulcer.Early Postoperative Management The uncomplicated case. Antibiotics are not used unless there is chronic bronchopulmonary . . .