The vessel which needs to be ligated in a patient with a bleeding peptic ulcer is:: (A) Gastroduodenal aery, (B) Superior pancreaticoduodenal aery, (C) Left gastric aery, (D) Left gastroepiploic aery
Answer is A. The vessel which needs to be ligated in a patient with a bleeding peptic ulcer is gastroduodenal aery. Anteriorly placed ulcers tend to perforate posterior duodenal ulcers tend to bleed by eroding into the gastroduodenal aery."