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MedicineClinical SciencesSurgeryComparative GastroenterologyGastroenterologyGeneral SurgeryGastric DiseasesGastric DisordersGastrointestinal DiseaseGastrointestinal PathologyGastrointestinal SurgeryPeptic Ulcer DiseaseConservative Surgical TreatmentCurative InterventionDuodenal Ulcer ManagementGastric PathologyGastric Ulcer DiseaseGastric Ulcer ManagementGastrointestinal UlcerationSurgical Treatment Discussion
THE surgical treatment of duiodenal and gastric ulcer is still the subject-of cointroversy, and opinion is sharply divided as to ther exact place whi-ch surgery should hold, and will ultimately -maintain, iA the treatmiient of this disorder. There is, -howviear', ani imposing accumulation of evidence of the curative actioni of a gastro-enterostomiiy in cases-of duodenal ulcer. Collective statistics show that colmplete relief from_ symp-toms follow-s in 85 per cent, of cases of duodenal ulcer followiing gastro-eniterostonmy. For gastric ulcer, on the other hand, this operation is much less