The incidence of peptic ulcer following sympathectomy for hypertension. A presentation of a case.
1. A case of bleeding duodenal ulcer making its first appearance two years after thoracolumbar sympathectomy for hypertension has been presented. 2. Gastric studies showed that this ulcer was of the vagal "cephalic" type. 3. Vagotomy and gastroenterostomy were performed. 4. Was this ulcer the result of sympathetic-parasympathetic imbalance? If so, was this imbalance due to the sympathectomy or was it a psychosomatic manifestation of his emotional tension?
D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D005763:Gastroenterostomy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000601:surgery*; D015994:Incidence; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach; D013562:Sympathectomy; D014628:Vagotomy
DUODENAL ULCER/etiology; HYPERTENSION/surgery; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE/etiology; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYMPATHECTOMY