[The late results of combined surgical treatment in peptic ulcer patients]

Long-term results (for 10 and more years) were analyzed in 661 of 693 patients operated upon for ulcer disease of the stomach and duodenum. The complex antiulcerous treatment before operation, immediately after it, at the nearest and remote periods, the sanatorium and resort treatment were given to 377 patients while 316 patients were treated by the generally accepted methods only, without a sanatorium rehabilitation. The best results were obtained after all kinds of operations (resection of the stomach, vagotomy with resection of the stomach, truncal and selective vagotomy with drainage operations, selective proximal vagotomy) in patients treated by complex methods with the sanatorium rehabilitation. The effect was most pronounced in patients after organ-saving operations and in those having a short ulcer history.