Peptic ulcer disease

Abstract

Peptic ulcer accounts for about 2% of all hospital admissions around the world rather consistently, although the proportionate distribution of gastric and duodenal forms varies from country to country and has shown an apparent change from gastric to duodenal predominance over the past half century. The majority of acute ulcers respond to simple medical management, but the recurrence rate is high and some ulcers become chronic and intractable. The authors of the papers in this symposium present the current concepts of management of patients with peptic ulcer disease.