Experience with hyperselective vagotomy in patients with duodenal ulcer.
Hyperselective vagotomy is a relatively recent surgical procedure used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer. We report excellent results in 98 consecutive patients during the last four years. After a mean follow-up period of 2.2 years, the results, according to the classification of Visick, are excellent in a large number of patients. There was a significant gain in body weight in a majority of the patients. The recurrence rate for an ulcer is only 4.5 per cent. There is a significant reduction of basal acid output of 63 per cent, maximal acid output of 46.8 per cent and postinsulin acid output of 73.7 per cent.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014628:Vagotomy