[Prevention of reflux esophagitis after gastrectomy by the Hofmeister-Finsterer method]

The work generalizes results of diagnostics, prophylactics and treatment of reflux-esophagitis in 174 patients with resection of the stomach by the method of Hofmeister--Finsterer. The preventive use of antireflux operations (frontal crurorrhaphy and fundoesophagophrenorrhaphy) proved to be effective. Resection of the stomach in combination with hiatoplasty was followed by a less amount of reflux-esophagitis (from 48% to 10%) in the remote postoperative period.