title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy.
abstract: Thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy was performed in three patients with recurrent ulcer after previous Billroth-II gastrectomy. The technique involved double-lumen endotracheal-endobronchial intubation and single-lung ventilation. No morbidity or mortality existed and the mean hospitalization was 7 days. To date, no recurrent ulceration has been detected in these patients. Thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy is considered to be a rapid, simple and safe approach and thus could play a preferential role in the management of patients with recurrent peptic ulcer after previous gastrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Altötting Hospital, University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kistler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015167:Vagotomy, Truncal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014741:Video Recording