title: [10-22 years follow-up after truncal vagotomy and drainage of chronic duodenal ulcer].
abstract: Long-term observation with a minimum 10 years on patients treated for duodenal ulcer is rare. This paper presents the long-term results of truncal vagotomy and drainage with a observation time of 16.8 years (range 10.1-22.4). A total of 146 patients were investigated. The side effects of the operation were moderate and only four per cent had unsatisfactory results at observation time. The recurrence rate was 25.5 per cent. Only 50 per cent of the recurrences were seen after the first eight years. A long follow-up time is therefore recommended in follow-up study of treatment of duodenal ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Parenkymkirurgisk afdeling, Naestved Centralsygehus.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ovesen
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friis
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D015167:Vagotomy, Truncal
vernacular_title: 10-22 år efter trunkal vagotomi og draenage for kronisk ulcus duodeni.