High altitude area – A risk factor for gastric perforation? : A case series

•Original study.•Based on an interesting variation in location of perforated peptic ulcers observed in soldiers posted to high altitude areas.•Literature review and research suggestive of possibility of high altitude induced patho-physiological changes behind gastric perforations.•This study is prob...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of surgery case reports 2018-01, Vol.53, p.429-432
Hauptverfasser:	Pawar, Aditya, Sinha, Vikas, Sharma, Pawan, Sinha, Deependra Kumar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Gastric antrum High altitude Intra-luminal pressure Mucosal atrophy Perforations
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