Background Given the rise of medical treatment for peptic ulcer disease (PUD), surgical
treatment is necessary only in select cases and emergencies. The authors assess the …

Proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) is a modification of truncal vagotomy, which was
introduced by Dragstedt for the treatment of duodenal ulcer (DU) in 1943. It is a technically …

For much of the twentieth century, surgery was frequently the solution for peptic ulcer
disease. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of ulcers paralleled the development of …

In a prospective, randomized trial, 161 patients with duodenal, pyloric, or prepyloric ulcer
underwent selective proximal vagotomy. Randomization was then performed to determine if …

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of postvagotomy complications was initially considered an
unavoidable but acceptable consequence of duodenal ulcer surgery. Following the …

Background Despite successful medical treatment to reduce acid hypersecretion and
eradicate Helicobacter pylori, surgery still plays an important role in the management of …

Proximal gastric vagotomy is nearing its twentieth year in clinical use as an operation for
peptic ulcer disease. No other acid-reducing operation has undergone as much scrutiny or …

Since the publication by Dragstedt and Owens in 19435 showing the effectiveness of
vagotomy in the treatment of duodenal ulcer disease, vagotomy has become the …

Highly selective vagotomy (HSV) was performed in 509 patients over 12 years for the
surgical management of duodenal ulceration; 103 HSVs were carried out during the …

There is now much evidence that the antrum, pylorus, and duodenum can be left completely
intact in the course of operations for peptic ulcer, and that vagal denervation can be confined …