[Surgical treatment of combined ulcers of the stomach and duodenum]

Under consideration were results of treatment of 71 patients with associated ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Resection of the stomach was performed in 11 patients, various kinds of vagotomy--in 61 patients. Long-term results of operations in 69 patients were analyzed. Truncal vagotomy with an obligatory dissection of the gastric ulcer is a reliable method of treatment of the associated ulcers.