Diagnosis and Management of Perforated Duodenal Ulcers following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of all reported cases with their treatment.

Author/year published	Number of patients	Urgent treatment	Definitive treatment
Moore et al./1979 [2]	2	Closure	Medical
Charuzi et al./1986 [3]	2	Closure	Medical
Bjorkman et al./1989 [4]	1	Medical	Closure/gastrectomy
Macgregor et al./1999 [5]	10	Closure in 9/duodenostomy/gastrostomy in 1	Gastrectomy in 9, medical in 1
Mittermair and Renz/2007 [6]	1	Closure	Medical
Snyder/2007 [7]	4	Closure in 1	Gastrectomy in 3 as initial treatment
Gypen et al./2008 [8]	1	Closure	Gastrectomy
This report	2	Closure in 1/duodenostomy	Medical