[Vagotomy in the treatment of duodenal ulcer and its complications]

The authors discuss the results of surgical treatment of 577 patients with duodenal ulcer and its complications by operations on the vagus nerve of an isolated character or together with operations on the stomach. The findings of dynamic endoscopic examination of healing of the ulcer in 250 patients are reported. The application of regional lymphostimulation in the prevention and treatment of postvagotomy gastroplegia and gastrostasis in more than 200 patients is described.