[Intraoperative evaluation of the completeness of vagotomy in patients with perforated duodenal ulcer]

The authors in the experiment on 24 rabbits have developed a method for determination of the completeness of vagotomy at operation based on the potentiometric measurement of total redox potential of the serosa of the anterior and posterior walls of the body, fundus and cardia. A method was used in 40 patients with perforative duodenal ulcer. The suggested method has the advantages over the existing ones, and can be used in the surgical practice.