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 …

As a preliminary to discussion of tests for completeness of vagal section the main variations
of vagotomy in current use for the treatment of peptic ulcer are defined (Figure I). Truncal …

There is a trend in gastric surgery towards more selective types of vagotomy but the
techniques are more difficult and incomplete nerve section may be more likely. Using the …

A new test of completeness of vagotomy based upon the evaluation of p H variations in the
stomach is presented. The test is performed during the operation through a minimal …

Sham feeding is thought to stimulate gastric acid secretion solely via vagal pathways. We
evaluated whether sham feeding can be used as a test for vagotomy. From results in 50 …

Completeness of vagotomy has been assessed by use of the electrical stimulation test and
the insulin test in 50 patients suffering from chronic duodenal ulceration. A positive result …

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 …

THE operation of vagotomy, reintroduced by Dragstedt in 1945, has for some time now been
accepted as a form of treatment for duodenal ulcer (Slaney, Bevan, and Brooke, 1956; Holt …

Although vagotomy is directed toward ablation of gastric secretion, the consequences of
vagal denervation are by no means restricted to this; alterations in gastric and intestinal …

TWENTY years have passed since the introduction of the selective gastric vagotomy by
Jackson. 1 The theory that preservation of the hepatic and celiac branches of the vagi would …