Surgical Treatment for Upper GI Bleeding in Somdejphrasangkharach 17 Hospital.

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          A retrospective study of 27 operated patients in Somdejprasangkaraj 17 Hospital between January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1993 was analysed. 137 patiens with chief complaint of upper Gl hemorrhage were founded to be acute gastritis (54.77%), gastric ulcer (25.54%), duodenal ulcer (7.25%), duodenitis (3.64%) and gastric carcinoma (2.18%). The incidence of surgical treatment was 19.7%, depended on pathological lesion, age, severity of bleeding and status of health. This study revealed the relative chance in any diseases that surgical treatment needed to be performed as follow, gastric carcinoma (100%), gastric ulcer (34.28%), duodenal ulcer (30%) and acute gastritis (10.66%). The average age of our surgical patients were over 50 years.