KREI-IL, I~ I in 1892, showed that gastric secretion is reduced in the dog by cervical or
supradiaplaragwnalic vagotomy. In 1895, PavlovJ.. s studying sham feeding, was the first to …

EVALUATION OF VAGOTOMY, usually com-bined with gastro-enterostomy, began in June,
1944, and is continuing. Our last re-ports6'7 acknowledged the original studies of Dragstedt …

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

RESECTION of the vagus nerves has played an increasingly important role in the surgery of
gastroduodenal ulcer disease. Vagotomy was used in the treatment of duodenal ulcer as …

A prospective randomized clinical study was carried out in 145 patients to compare the
effects of truncal and selective gastric vagotomy. Evaluation of results of vagotomy have …

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 …

WVHEN division of the vagus nerve to the stomach for the treatment of peptic ulcer was first
done by Dragstedt and associates 4 the operation was performed by a transthoracic …

RESULTS OF GASTErrC NEURECTO~ FOR PEPTIC ULCER 887 thoracic and abdominal
section of the vagus nerves of eight dogs. On six intrathoracic vagotomy had been …

IN the past two decades the importance of vagotomy in the surgical treatment of duodenal
ulcer disease has become well-established and formsthe basis for the two operative …

Spontaneous and maximum acid secretion was measured before, and 10 days and 3
months after proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) to determine the optimal time for testing the …