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Table 2 Complications associated with perforated peptic ulcer

From: Clinical presentation and surgical management of perforated peptic ulcer in a tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: a 5-year retrospective study

Complication

Frequency

Percentage

Atelectasis/pleural effusion

29

56.9

Acute renal failure

23

45.1

Surgical site infections

16

31.4

Intra-abdominal abscess

12

23.5

Incisional hernia

3

5.9

Leak

2

3.9