[Recurrence of uncomplicated duodenal ulcer after surgical treatment]

A 10-year result of surgical treatment of 187 patients with an uncomplicated duodenal ulcer has been analysed. Gastric resection was performed in 92 patients, the different types of vagotomy--in 95. After gastric resection, a peptic ulcer of gastroenteroanastomosis occurred in 1 patient, after vagotomy--in 28. The author considers vagotomy to be insufficiently effective in the treatment of an uncomplicated duodenal ulcer. It is not expedient to extend the indications for surgical treatment of the patients with uncomplicated duodenal ulcer.