title: Antrectomy for recurrent ulcer after parietal cell vagotomy.
abstract: The results of antrectomy for recurrent ulcer after parietal cell vagotomy are reviewed. Eighteen patients underwent precise antrectomy between 6 months and 7 years after their primary operation. Fourteen patients were reconstructed with a gastroduodenostomy and 4 with a gastrojejunostomy. Eighteen patients were available for follow-up of between 18 months and 10 years. One patient (6.25 per cent) developed a recurrent ulcer 1 year after antrectomy. There was no operative mortality. Six patients (33 per cent) had minor complications in the immediate postoperative period, and one (5.5 per cent) had a major complication. According to Visick grading, 75 per cent had good or excellent results and 25 per cent poor results. Antrectomy following parietal cell vagotomy can be achieved with a low operative mortality, a low ulcer recurrence rate and a satisfactorily low incidence of post-gastrectomy problems.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014628:Vagotomy; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric