[Prevention of incompetence of duodenal stump sutures after gastrectomy]

The authors present data on methods of prophylactics of incompetence of duodenal stump sutures after resection of the stomach. Decompression of the stomach and duodenum, glue hermetization of the duodenal stump through a drain in the abdominal cavity with the help of a choledochoscope, prevention of postoperative peritonitis, drainage of the stump area with a glove-gauze-tube drain allowed the incompetence of duodenal stump sutures to be avoided in 128 patients with penetrating duodenal ulcers.