Operative treatment of peptic ulcer is restricted to the small proportion of ulcer patients who
have complications of ulcers or to those who do not respond to medical treatment. Initially …

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 …

The value of anterior lesser curve seromyotomy with posterior truncal vagotomy as a simple
and safe method of denervating the parietal cell mass without the need for a drainage …

Background The aim was to assess the current opinion of surgeons, by subspecialty,
towards vagotomy and the practice of Helicobacter pylori testing, treatment and follow-up, in …

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

The results of selective operative treatment for perforated peptic ulcers in 93 elderly patients
60 years of age or older have been found to be similar to those in a large group of patients of …

Proximal gastric vagotomy and intermittent and maintenance therapy with H 2-antagonists
have all been claimed to be effective in long-term management of duodenal ulcer disease …

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 …

Abstract Three hundred and six (94%) of all consecutive patients with prepyloric or duodenal
ulcer disease undergoing highly selective vagotomy at a District General Hospital were …

We compared class I surgical-site infection (SSI) rates for new and experienced surgeons.
Data showed that new surgeons in two surgical subspecialties associated with higher …