Shtrapov A A, Kurygin A A
Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1989 Aug;144(8):16-20.
Perforated ulcers of the duodenum complicated by peritonitis, its terminal phases excluded, should be treated by the same radical surgical interventions as other complications of the disease. The intervention must consist of vagotomy and draining operations on the stomach, its risk being not higher than risk of palliative operation of suturing the perforation.