Eradication of H. pylori infection markedly changes the natural history of peptic ulcer in patients with duodenal or gastric ulcer. Most peptic ulcers associated with H. pylori infection are curable.

Patients with cirrhosis who have bleeding esophageal varices have fewer treatment-related complications and better survival rates when they are treated by esophageal ligation than when they are treated by sclerotherapy.

Eradication of H. pylori infection reduces the rate of ulcer recurrence and rebleeding in complicated ulcer disease.

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Endoscopic retreatment after successful initial endoscopic hemostasis prevents rebleeding in highrisk patients with ulcer bleeding.