Incidence of cholelithiasis after truncal and selective vagotomy

In order to establish the incidence of cholelithiasis after vagotomy, the patients operated upon in the period January 1st 1966, to December 31st 1971, were reexamined. The incidence of cholelithiasis was 12% after truncal and 2.4% after selective vagotomy, thus complications involving the gall bladder are more frequent after truncal than after selective vagotomy.