title: Laparoscopic highly selective vagotomy: technical considerations and preliminary results in 119 patients with duodenal ulcer or gastroesophageal reflux disease.
abstract: The technical considerations and preliminary results of 119 patients submitted to laparoscopic highly selective vagotomy are presented. There were 33 with duodenal ulcers, 31 with duodenal ulcers plus gastroesophageal reflux, and 55 with gastroesophageal reflux. Operating time varied from 120 to 160 minutes. Six complications occurred: four perforations of the gastric fundus and two bleeding episodes. Conversion to open surgery was done in four cases and reoperation in one case. No deaths occurred, and the mean hospital stay was 3 days. The mean follow-up was 16 months, being 94% of the cases with Visick I or II and 6% with Visick III or IV. This technique is completely feasible by laparoscopic procedure and reproduces exactly what has been done with the laparotomy approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, San Juan de Dios Hospital, University of Chile Hospital and German Clinic, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csendes
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Braghetto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yarmuch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loehnert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burdiles
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schutte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maluenda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018662:Fundoplication; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric / Q000379:methods*