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ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND DUODENUM
Case #5 -
A 65 year old with hematemesis

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
9.) What are the surgical options?

Surgical options for bleeding ulcer: truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty and oversewing of the ulcer is the operation of choice. In a stable patient, consider parietal cell vagotomy plus oversewing of ulcer.  
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