LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR PEPTIC ULCER

Abstract

The advent of H2 blockers and proton pump inhibitors resulted in the virtual of peptic ulcer surgery. Most patients with peptic ulcer do not require surgery, but a small percentage of patients with perforated ulcer or resisted to medication do. Recently the indications for laparoscopic surgery have been extended to include paptic ulcer operations because of the improvement of laparoscopic surgical techniques. In this article, we present laparoscopic surgery for peptic ulcer.