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Management of perforated
gastric and duodenal ulcers
Joyce Au
SUNY Downstate Grand Rounds
September 27, 2012
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CASE
97 F with 2 days of sudden, diffuse, constant
abdominal pain with some lightheadedness
No fevers/chills/N/V/diarrhea/bloody BM
PMH/PSH: HTN, atrial fibrillation, s/p
hysterectomy, right knee surgery, left breast
surgery
Meds: amlodipine, atenolol; no
anticoagulation due to history of falls
Soc hx: lives alone
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OR findings
Turbid fluid in the upper abdomen
5 mm circular perforation on anterior pyloric
channel with clean edges
Extensive adhesions with the omentum
stuck to the abdominal wall
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Procedure:
Exploratory laparotomy
Primary repair of ulcer with two interrupted
sutures
Small patch of omentum sutured over the
repair
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INTRODUCTION
2-10% peptic ulcers perforate
M>F; trend towards more patients being
female, older, using NSAID, and having
gastric ulcers
Etiology
Acid Mucos
secreti al
on defens
e
II III
IV V
MANAGEMENT
To operate or not?
Patch?
- Open or laparoscopic
- Role of PPI and H. pylori antibiotics
Perforated
ulcer
Nonoperative
Patch
Definitive
Ulcer
Operation
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To operate or not
Nonoperative in highly selected patients
Perforation must be sealed
Perforated
ulcer
Nonoperative
Patch
Definitive
Ulcer
Operation
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Boey score
1 point each for
preoperative shock
severe comorbidities
longstanding perforation >24 hr
Variable techniques
Convert to open with: large ulcer, friable ulcer
edge, posterior location of ulcer, unable to
localize ulcer; also shock, delayed presentation
>24 hrs
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Perforated
ulcer
Nonoperative
Patch
Definitive
Ulcer
Operation
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Indications
Unable to afford the meds, noncompliance
Intractable, multiple, or large ulcers
Hemorrhage accompanying the perforation
Gastric outlet obstruction
Gastric ulcer
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Duodenal perforation
Truncal vagotomy and drainage
Highly selective vagotomy
Gastric perforation
Truncal vagotomy and drainage and ulcer
excision
Truncal vagotomy, antrectomy; gastrectomy
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Reconstruction
Billroth I - gastroduodenostomy
Billroth II gastrojejunostomy
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TV + PCV TV +
pyloroplast antrectomy
y
Gastrin Increased Increased Decreased
release
Gastric Accelerated No change Slowed
emptying of
solids
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CONCLUSIONS
Patients clinical status and type
Perforated
ulcer
of ulcer with important
implications for surgery
Nonoperative
Patch
Pathogenesis of ulcer disease
may alter treatment options
Definitive
Ulcer
Operation
QUESTIONS
1. A 45 yr old man requires surgery for
intractable duodenal ulcer. Which best
prevents ulcer recurrence?
a. Subtotal gastrectomy
b. Truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty
c. Truncal vagotomy and antrectomy
d. Parietal cell vagotomy
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a. Hypersecretion of acid
b. Hypergastrinemia due to gastric stasis
c. Antral stasis
d. Hyperpepsinogenemia
e. Defective mucosal barrier
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a. Incomplete vagotomy
b. Gastrinoma
c. Antral G-cell hyperplasia
d. Bile reflux
e. Occasional NSAID use
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