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My mother has a bleeding ulcer that is not healing. Her doctor wants to operate to remove it(they tried other treatments, but they didn't work). I want to know what the prognosis is for an 80 year old woman having this kind of surgery.
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replied June 26th, 2007
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Well, any kind of surgery has some risk to it, especially at that age.

However, if the ulcer is not taken care of, it can actually cause a life threatening infection that will require emergency surgery later on.

That is what happened to my grandmother. She had to spend, I believe it was, 22 days in the hospital and come home with a bag. I do not recall how long she had to keep the bag for. She is doing much better now though.
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