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[Postoperative recurrent gastroduodenal ulcer: pathogenesis--reinterventions--results]
R K Teichmann1, C Muller, P Verreet
1Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie
|January 1, 1987
Summary
Proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) for ulcers has high recurrence rates due to antral stasis. Combining PGV with pyloroplasty or reoperation significantly reduces recurrence, with transthoracic vagotomy showing no mortality.
Area of Science:
- Gastroenterology
- Surgical Oncology
- Clinical Medicine