[Surgical aspects of gastric and duodenal ulcer]

The author analyzes the clinical observation of 534 patients with the ulcerous disease of the stomach and duodenum. All the patients were operated upon. The indication for surgery was pyloric stenosis in 28,6%, hemorrhage in 22,3%, perforation in 12%, penetration in 20%, ulcer-carcinoma in 5,5%, combination of complications in 9,9% and others in 1,7% of cases. The principles of surgery upon the stomach and vagal nerves are substantiated.