title: Laparoscopic bilateral truncal vagotomy, antrectomy, and Billroth I anastomosis for prepyloric ulcer.
abstract: We present a case report of a 48-year-old woman with intractable prepyloric ulcers treated with laparoscopic bilateral truncal vagotomy, antrectomy, and Billroth I anastomosis. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the 5th postoperative day, eating a regular diet. Her postoperative recovery has been uneventful and without complications. Laparoscopic bilateral truncal vagotomy, antrectomy, and Billroth I may be the procedure of choice for intractable prepyloric and pyloric ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Ashley Clinic, Chanute, Kansas 66720.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: VanHouden
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000601:surgery; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D015167:Vagotomy, Truncal / Q000379:methods