[Gastrointestinal hemorrhage after operations for perforated gastroduodenal ulcers].

On the basis of clinical observation over 521 patients who underwent operations in the clinic for perforating gastric and duodenal ulcer, the authors determined the frequency of massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage (3.2%) in the early postoperative period and the mortality rate in this complication. It is shown that the performance of radical surgical interventions instead of simple closure of the perforating ulcer with sutures, in the absence of life-threatening concomitant diseases and the terminal phase of peritonitis, may improve the results of operative management of this disease.