Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthew Perry was hospitalized for a gastrointestinal perforation this week. Here’s what that means. (Getty Images). Matthew Perry ...

“Matthew Perry recently underwent surgery in a Los Angeles hospital to repair a gastrointestinal perforation,” the rep says. “He is grateful for the concern and asks for continued privacy as he heals.

Perforation is a dangerous complication of peptic ulcer disease and requires emergency surgical treatment. In recent decades laparoscopic repair of duodenal perforation has been widely used in ...

Colonoscopy is a safe and effective procedure, but it is also an inevitably invasive one. Laparoscopic repair of colonoscopic perforations has been reported to be a safe and effective treatment. We ...

Surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate ...

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