Effects of highly selective vagotomy and additional procedures on gastric emptying in patients with obstructing duodenal ulcer
β Scribed by Chia-Siu Wang; Kai-Yuan Tzen; Pang-Chi Chen; Miin-Fu Chen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 866 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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Since it was described in 19701\*\*, highly selective vagotomy has become an established treatment for duodenal ulceration. Many, however, would regard the presence of gastric outlet obstruction as a contraindication to the procedure3s4.
## Abstract The rate of gastric emptying was estimated in 29 patients with duodenal ulcers, before and after vagotomy and drainage operations, by measuring the disappearance from the stomach of a standard meal containing radioactive chromium. When Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty accompanied vagotomy