Because
of
the
success
of
medical
therapy
in
the
____________________
of
peptic
ulcer
disease
(
PUD
)
,
surgery
currently
plays
only
a
very
____________________
role
,
and
elective
peptic
ulcer
surgery
has
been
virtually
____________________
.
In
the
1980s
,
the
number
of
elective
operations
for
PUD
dropped
____________________
than
70%
;
80%
of
these
procedures
were
____________________
operations
.
