Abstract
During the 10 years prior to January, 1968, 455 duodenal ulcer patients were operated upon at the University of Florida affiliated hospitals. The early results were reported in 1969. The present study is a followup of the same patients now 7 to 17 years after vagotomy and drainage. Twenty-four per cent were lost to followup. The ulcer recurrence rate was 5.8 per cent. All the recurrent ulcers that were not gastric in location (4.9%) occurred within 5 years after the original operative procedure with a mean of 2.6 years. The gastric ulcers (0.9%) occurred at a much later date with a mean of 6 years. It is concluded that vagotomy and gastric drainage is a satisfactory modality of therapy for duodenal ulcer. It can be accomplished with an acceptable morbidity and mortality and the long-term recurrence rate is low. If recurrences due to incomplete vagotomy do not occur within 5 years, they are unlikely to recur.
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