Perforated peptic ulcer disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
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Date
2009Author
Nasio, N.A.
Saidi, H.
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Published reports on perforated peptic ulcers indicate increasing rates for the
elderly, those chronically ill and females. Our local observations are at variance. This study
analysed patients treated for peptic ulcer perforations at the Kenyatta National Hospital between January 2005 and December 2006 Perforated peptic ulcer disease is a disease of young males. Efforts to reduce delay in presentation in this population may reduce the complications
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery Volume 14 Number 1 – March/April 2009Publisher
Department of Surgery Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi
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