title: Parietal cell vagotomy and dilatation for peptic duodenal stricture.
abstract: Gastric outlet obstruction due to peptic duodenal stricture (pyloric stenosis) was treated with parietal cell vagotomy and dilatation of the stricture in 32 patients. Follow-up is in the range of 5 years in 37.4% of the patients, while 6 to 10 years follow-up is available in 62.4% of the patients. At their last follow-up, 74.9% of the patients were in either Visick 1 or 2 clinical status. Recurrence rates have been 3.1% at 1 year, 9.3% at 5 years, and 21.8% after 6 to 10 years follow-up. There has been only one instance (3.1%) of restenosis. Two patients required reoperation because of recurrence and one of them died.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Agean University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Menteş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004106:Dilatation; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric