[Complications of vagotomy (author's transl)].
The different types of vagotomy are highly standardized, but show a typical spectrum of complications, injuries of spleen (1 to 4%) and liver, perforation of the oesophagus (0,5 to 1,0%) intraoperative bleeding, lesions of the pleura (0,5%), necrosis of the lesser curvature of the stomach, chylothorax and chyloperitoneum. The article deals with avoidance and successful treatment of such intraoperative lesions.
D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries; D010994:Pleura / Q000293:injuries; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric / Q000009:adverse effects
Operative Komplikationen der Vagotomie.