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Abstract
Penetration of a PEPTIC ULCER through the wall of DUODENUM or STOMACH allowing the leakage of luminal contents into the PERITONEAL CAVITY.
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- Peptic Ulcer Perforations
- Perforation, Peptic Ulcer
- Perforations, Peptic Ulcer
- Ulcer Perforation, Peptic
- Ulcer Perforations, Peptic
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with STOMACH ULCER /compl (IM) or DUODENAL ULCER /compl (IM) if pertinent
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Peptic Ulcer Perforation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010439. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010439
- Peptic Ulcer Perforation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perforated_ulcer
- Peptic Ulcer Perforation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3956352