Gastric ulcers : their surgical treatment : two papers republished from The Lancet of June 8, 1901, March 29 and April 5, 1902 with an introduction and with brief notes of a case of operation for perforation of an ulcer of the duodenum and of a case of perforation of a cancerous stomach / by C.B. Keetley.

  • Keetley, Charles Bell, 1848-1909.
Date:
1903
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Credit: Gastric ulcers : their surgical treatment : two papers republished from The Lancet of June 8, 1901, March 29 and April 5, 1902 with an introduction and with brief notes of a case of operation for perforation of an ulcer of the duodenum and of a case of perforation of a cancerous stomach / by C.B. Keetley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Variety and No. of case Operated on j or not ] Recovered or died 1 1 IV. 11 1 f 12 ) First seen as subphre- nic abscess (Cases II and 12) [ Opera- 1 1 tion j No opera- i tion Recovered >. { Still imperfectly re- covered. V. 13 Revolver-shot wound of the stomach and the liver with extru- sion of omentum (Case 13) Operation Died I VI. 14 Persistent capillary (?) haematemesis (Case 14) ) J J ) VII. 15 Acute severe hsemor- ■ rhage (Case 15) Recovered — VIII. 16 i Old history of ulcer and very severe haemorrhage, gastric dilatation. Tetany ; death before there was time to summon a surgeon (Case 16) No opera- tion Died Surgeon arrived after death. IX. 17 Ulcer several times relapsed after die- tetic treatment in hospital (Case 17) Operation Recovered 1 X. I8; T ' 20' 1 1 1 The tliree cases of Opera- tion Recovered Much better for gas- tro-enterostomy, j but died nearly two months after- | hydrochloric -acid 1 poisoning 1 ” ' No opera- tion ” 1 Died wards from pro- ^ gressive ulceration of the oesophagus and direct infec- j tion of the lung. XI. 21 . Operation Recovered — 221 The four severe — 23 241 haemorrhage cases ' ' No opera- tion Died > ' See The Lancet., June 8, 1901, p. 1597. Thus, of the seventeen cases operated on, thirteen patients recovered and four died. Of the seven cases not operated on,