Physiologic studies were done in dogs with stimulation of the thoracic vagus and recording
of motility changes in the abdominal viscera, namely the stomach, first part of the duodenum …

Vagotomy does not produce a marked effect on intestinal activity. However, the following
differences between the normal and vagotomized animal were noted. After section of the …

The influence of the vagus nerve on the gastric motor mechanism has inspired extensive
investigation; nevertheless, diversity of opinion concerning its precise effect on the human …

IN 1943, Dragstedt and Owens 1 introduced bilateral section of the vagus nerves as a
therapeutic procedure for treatment of duodenal ulcer. Since that time, this operation with …

HE WEIGHT of current surgical literature concerned with the complicated duodenal ulcer
indicates a continuing dissatisfaction with present methods of operative therapy. The past …

Introduction Conventional techniques of vagotomy represent a total abdominal vagotomy
that disrupts the entire parasympathetic innervation to all abdominal viscera supplied by the …

The effect of total abdominal vagal denervation has been the subject of considerable study
in recent years. Vagotomy has been established as an effective tool in controlling the …

The feasibility of selectively denervating the stomach during vagotomy* with preservation of
the hepatic and celiac branches became patently clear to us for the first time during a casual …

Method Twelve patients' who had a vagotomy alone and 2 patients who had a vagotomy
and gastroenterostomy were studied. A Miller-Abbott tube was passed through the pylorus …

Vagotomy was originally introduced in the treatment of duodenal ulcer as a method for
abolishing the neurogenic hypersecretion of gastric juice characteristic of this disease. 1 The …