Elective surgery for peptic ulcer disease has diminished significantly over the past 15 years.
However, emergency surgery has not shown a decline. Some series have even reported an …

In a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, anterior lesser curve seromyotomy with
posterior truncal vagotomy (AMPT, n= 77) has been compared with truncal vagotomy and …

Objective: To compare the postoperative quality of life of vagus nerve preserving distal
gastrectomy (VPG) vs conventional distal gastrectomy (CG) in patients with early-stage …

4. c. Increased gastrin response to a standard meal. d. Defective inhibition of acid secretion
and gastrin release. e. Accelerated gastric emptying. Fasting hyperpepsinogenemia …

We measured the concentration of bile acids in gastric aspirates from patients who had had
operations for peptic ulcer. Some patients were asymptomatic and some had postoperative …

This prospective, randomized study of selective vagotomy with antrectomy (SVA) versus
proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) for patients with duodenal ulcer compares the incidence of …

METHODS Patients Indications for this operation were as follows: depth of tumor invasion
confined to the mucosal layer (T1), no evidence of lymph node metastasis (N0), and tumor …

Background Vagus nerve–sparing laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy (Vs-LADG)
for early gastric cancer has been introduced to reduce postgastrectomy syndrome, but its …

In a randomized controlled trial 50 patients with duodenal ulcer treated by proximal gastric
vagotomy (PGV) without drainage were compared with 50 who underwent selective …

Proximal gastric vagotomy is nearing its twentieth year in clinical use as an operation for
peptic ulcer disease. No other acid-reducing operation has undergone as much scrutiny or …