[Recurring ulcers following vagotomy. Apropos of 107 cases]

The authors analyze 107 cases of recurrent ulcer after vagotomy. This study suggests that the most common cause is incomplete vagotomy and, more rarely, defective gastric drainage. The therapeutic deductions depend on the etiology. The most logical attitude is verification of the initial vagotomy associated with antrectomy without forgetting the successes obtained by simple thoracic vagotomy when wide gastric resection has already been carried out.