[Organ-preserving operations in the treatment of retroampullary duodenal ulcers]

The authors treated 106 patients with retroampullary duodenal ulcer. Resections were performed in 16, the organ-preserving operations--in 89 patients. In 58 (64.8%) cases, the duodenoplasty with the different types of vagotomy and preservation of the pyloric sphincter using the techniques developed in the clinic was performed.