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Gastric ulcer is one of the most common gastrointestinal diagnoses in the USA. Common presentations requiring surgical intervention include bleeding, perforation, and obstruction. This chapter describes the algorithmic approach to these complications.
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Altieri, M.S., Spaniolas, K. (2019). Gastric Ulcer Management. In: Docimo Jr., S., Pauli, E. (eds) Clinical Algorithms in General Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98497-1_39
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