Stomach ulcers, also known as gastric ulcers, are sores that develop on the stomach lining, reports the NHS. However, you can also get ulcers in part of the intestine, just beyond the stomach ...

Chest x-ray- upright - Usual finding _ presence of free air under the diaphragm. If clinical suspicion is high and there is no air under the diaphragm on an upright film do a lateral decubitus.

Background: With dwindling rates of postoperative mortality in perforated peptic ulcer that is attributable to H 2-receptor blocker usage, there is a need to shift the focus towards the prevention ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(3):345-348. Simple closure of perforation by an omental patch is the usual procedure performed for perforated duodenal ulcer. However, it has an unacceptably high ...

Causes of death listed on the certificate were acute peritonitis and a perforated gastric peptic ulcer, the BBC reported.

Melvin Bush, 59, died at the Olmsted County Jail nearly two years ago from acute complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer, according to the lawsuit. Bush was at the jail after being arrested ...