Method Instead of two preoperative tests, one with and one without medical vagotomy, we
have used a single histamine-infusion test (Lawrie, Smith, and Forrest, 1964), injecting …

Methods Vagotomy andgastro-enterostomy was adopted by us in 1958 as the method of
treatment for all patients with uncomplicated duodenal ulcer requiring surgery. A number of …

METHODS Thirteen patients with duodenal ulceration were studied before and
approximately 3 weeks after vagotomy and gastric drainage. The vagotomy was truncal in …

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JUNE 3 1961 EFFECT OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL VAGOTOMY ON THE AUGMENTED …

A. DAVIS BEATTIE, FRCS, FICS Surgeoni, Leicester Genieral Hospital'rhe surgical
treatment of peptic ulcer has recently become a matter of some controversy. The place held …

METHODS Testing of gastric acid secretion was by the routine method used in our
laboratory. Briefly, after an overnight fast a 16 FG duodenal tube with a metal tip was passed …

THE technique of measurement of gastric secretion has been of interest to physicians and
surgeons for many years. A major defect of most of the early methods, however, was the lack …

One of the main objectives of the introduction of highly selective vagotomy without
pyloroplasty in the treatment of duodenal ulceration has been to avoid the alteration in …

Materials and Methods Each patient had an augmented histamine test and a" medical
vagotomy" test (Gillespie and Kay, 1961) before operation, and an augmented histamine test …

Methods Twenty-five patients undergoing vagotomy and anterior pylorectomy for chronic
duodenal ulcer were studied. In each case the insulin test was performed before and after …