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 …

IN a study of patients after total vagotomy with the 2-hour insulin test, Ross and Kay'0
differentiated two types of positive results-a large and early response and a small and …

BUıE* luas recently initiated a trial of selective vagotomy without complementary drainage in
patients who have no stenosis at the gastric outlet from the cicatrix of ulcer. IIe has …

Incomplete vagotomy is usually defined by a gastric acid response to insulin hypoglycaemia,
according to the pioneer studies in dogs by Hollander, who developed the insulin test in …

METHODS Operative Procedure: Incomplete Vagotomy.-The anatomy of the vagus nerves in
the cat is similar to that in man (McCrea, 1925). The anterior gastric nerve is derived mainly …

The early effects of truncal bilateral vagotomy were studied in dogs by means of electron
microscopy from three hours to four weeks after denervation. Vagotomy causes …

THE QUESTION of regeneration of the vagus nerves and return of gastric secretion after
complete vagotomy has become of great clinical as well as scientific interest because of the …

1. In a series of thirteen control Mann-Williamson dogs, the incidence of jejunal ulcer was 85
per cent. In a series of nine Mann-Williamson dogs with transthoracic vagotomy, only one …

Results All four dogs remained in good health throughout the period of study, and weight
loss was minimal. Results of the tests for completeness of gastric vagotomy are presented in …

Although vagotomy has proved an effective treatment for duodenal ulcer, the majority of
surgeons are reluctant to employ this procedure because of its undesirable side effects. We …