Metabolic effects of vagotomy and gastric drainage.

Metabolic effects of vagotomy and gastric drainage.

IN 1943 Dragstedt & Owens changed the established surgical treatment for chronic duodenal ulceration by re-introducing the operation of vagotomy. It was rapidly recognized that, together with vagotomy, a gastric drainage procedure of some type was essential (Dragstedt & Schafer, 1945). In its early years, vagotomy and drainage rapidly gained in popularity on the basis of simplicity and the low ...

Metabolic effects of vagotomy and gastric drainage C . WASTELL

IN 1943 Dragstedt & Owens changed the established surgical treatment for chronic duodenal ulceration by re-introducing the operation of vagotomy. It was rapidly recognized that, together with vagotomy, a gastric drainage procedure of some type was essential (Dragstedt & Schafer, 1945). In its early years, vagotomy and drainage rapidly gained in popularity on the basis of simplicity and the low ...

Combined gastric and duodenal ulcers managed by vagotomy and drainage.

Gastric emptying following vagotomy and antrectomy and proximal gastric vagotomy.

Gastric emptying of solid meals labelled with 129Cs was studied in patients for up to one year after vagotomy and antrectomy or after proximal gastric vagotomy. Significant delay was found one month after vagotomy and antrectomy but this had returned to normal by six months. No delay was found after proximal gastric vagotomy. The effect of posture on gastric emptying was also studied in the sam...

Vagotomy and Gastric Tumorigenesis

Vagotomy reduces gastric acid secretion and was therefore introduced as a surgical treatment for peptic ulcers in the 1970s. Later, it was replaced by acid reducing medication, such as histamine type 2 (H2) receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). A large body of evidence has indicated that drug-induced hypochlorhydria per se does not increase the risk of gastric cancer. Early st...