Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting ...

If the patient is bleeding from an ulcer, it is of advantage to the surgeon to know where the ulcer is — whether in the stomach or in the duodenum, and whether on the anterior or the posterior wall.

Intractability includes failure of either a gastric or duodenal ulcer to heal on medical therapy, persistent pain or bleeding on a good medical program and repeated perforation. Table 1 ...

Background and Aim: Following successful endoscopic therapy in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding, rebleeding occurs in 20% of patients. Rebleeding remains the most important determinant of poor ...