Long-Term Follow-Up of 1,000 Patients Cured of Helicobacter pylori Infection Following an Episode of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

Abstract

Peptic ulcer rebleeding virtually does not occur in patients with complicated ulcers after H. pylori eradication. Maintenance anti-ulcer (antisecretory) therapy is not necessary if eradication is achieved. However, NSAID intake or H. pylori reinfection may exceptionally cause rebleeding in H. pylori-eradicated patients.