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Table 3 Indications for surgery (N = 14)

From: A Fibreoptic endoscopic study of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in northwestern Tanzania: A retrospective review of 240 cases

Indications for surgery

Frequency

Percent

Bleeding duodenal ulcers not responding to either medical or endoscopic treatment

6

42.9

Gastric malignancy

5

35.7

Duodenal ulcers with gastric outlet obstruction

2

14.3

Bleeding duodenal ulcers associated with perforation

1

7.1