Highly selective vagotomy with intraoperative acid secretive test of completeness of vagal section.
This technique of highly selective vagotomy with an intraoperative acid secretion test to determine completeness of vagal section is designed to demonstrate, on one hand, the vagal fibers which escaped section and, on the other hand, the exact lower limit of the acid-secreting parietal cell mass.
D003224:Congo Red; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination / Q000379:methods*; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000379:methods*
D003224:Congo Red