[Assessment of the methods of drainage associated with truncular vagotomy]

The authors analyse 398 cases of truncular vagotomy by the abdominal route. They study the method of associated gastric emptying, the immediate and long-term results. They conclude that truncular vagotomy is a very satisfactory operation, that pyloroplasty is a good means of ensuring gastric emptying after vagotomy, and pyloroplasty according to Murat, or Judd-Lagrot, are the most recommended. Judd-Lagrot's operation is mainly indicated in acute cases of perforation or hemorrhage.