title: Comparison of acid reduction in antiulcer operations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Three acid-reducing operations have recently been described for the laparoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer disease. These consist of a posterior truncal vagotomy combined with either (1) an anterior seromyotomy (SERO), (2) an anterior highly selective vagotomy (AHSV), or (3) a linear stapled lesser curvature excision (STAP). The purpose of this study was to investigate the physiologic effects of these procedures in terms of basal and maximal acid outputs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty New Zealand rabbits were prospectively randomized into five open laparotomy groups (n = 10): a control group without vagal manipulation (CON), a bilateral truncal vagotomy with pyloromyotomy group (VP), a SERO group, an AHSV group, and a STAP group. All animals underwent placement of a gastrostomy tube for subsequent gastric secretory analysis. On postoperative day 6, basal acid outputs (BAO) and maximal acid outputs (MAO) following IV pentagastrin stimulation (30 microg/kg/h) were measured. Results were compared statistically using the ANOVA method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pentagastrin stimulation was associated with a significant increase in MAO in the CON group (p < 0.05 vs BAO); however, this response was effectively blunted in all the experimental groups. There were no differences in BAO or MAO between any of the vagotomized groups (SERO, HSV, STAP, VP).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that the three acid-reducing procedures modified for laparoscopy are equally efficacious in reducing gastric acid secretion and that they compare favorably with VP. To our knowledge, this is the first report comparing basal and stimulated gastric acid secretion between these new acid-reducing techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Trad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery; D011817:Rabbits; D011897:Random Allocation; D012016:Reference Values; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000379:methods*