PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ward-McQuaid, J. N.
AU  - Pease, J. C.
AU  - Smith, A. McEwen
AU  - Twort, R. J.
TI  - Surgery in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers
AID  - 10.1136/gut.1.3.258
DP  - 1960 Sep 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 258--265
VI  - 1
IP  - 3
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/1/3/258.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/1/3/258.full
SO  - Gut1960 Sep 01; 1
AB  - This paper records a study of 400 patients admitted for haematemesis and melaena. Emergency surgery was undertaken on selected patients but the overall mortality increased when more frequent emergency operations were performed in the latter half of the series.