Gastro-oesophageal reflux complicating highly selective vagotomy.
An unacceptably high incidence of gastro-oesophageal reflux was observed in a small series of patients with duodenal ulcer who had been treated by highly selective vagotomy. Possibly this is due to an altered angle of entry of the oesophagus into the stomach, and we now routinely narrow this angle at operation.
D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods