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Background: Patients with perforated duodenal ulcer (DU) would present in an emergency setting to the hospital. Previously, open surgery has been the approach of choice for perforated DU. Adoption of laparoscopy in emergency setting in the management of perforated DU has been slow but steadily increasing. This audit will review the background and risk factors of patients presented to the centre and also the outcomes from both open and laparoscopic surgical approach.
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