The problem of peptic ulcer therapy is not the relief of symptoms, which is readily achieved
by medical or surgical treatment, but the prevention of recurrent ulceration. It is generally …

The effects of vagotomy on the gastric neuronal apparatus have been studied. A portion, but
not all, of the presynaptic terminals on neurons of the Auerbach's and Meissner's plexuses …

The hypersecretion of acid gastric juice, characteristic of the patient with duodenal ulcer, is
abolished by complete division of the vagus nerves to the stomach. The interruption of the …

The gastric acid secretory response to histamine and insulin hypoglycemia in ulcer patients
with intact stomachs and after various operations on the stomach have been considered …

tive gastric vagotomy (SGV) involves the cutting of the anterior and posterior gastric nerves,
leaving intact the posterior trunk with its coeliac branch and the anterior trunk with its hepatic …

Although proximal gastric vagotomy is widely performed as an elective treatment for
duodenal ulcer, the incidence of recurrent ulcer is troublesome. There are several theories …

The recurrence rate of duodenal ulcer after highly selective vagotomy is nearly 10 percent.
To diminish this percentage, extended highly selective vagotomy with sectioning the …

I will not dwell on the history of vagal nerve sectionbefore Dragstedt, although it was used by
surgeons as early as 1912. If the operation is of value we must thank Lester Dragstedt, for it …

Sham feeding is thought to stimulate gastric acid secretion solely via vagal pathways. We
evaluated whether sham feeding can be used as a test for vagotomy. From results in 50 …

IN RECENT years the secretory and ulcerogenic potential of an incomplete vagotomy has
been described in terms of its ade-quacy. In patients without recurrent ulcer the incomplete …