Abstract
The experience with various surgical procedures performed for duodenal ulcer at the Winnipeg Clinic between 1946 and 1966 has been analyzed. Operative mortality has been low and ulcer control has been provided in a large proportion of patients treated. Of 864 cases, 719 (83%) have been available for follow-up study.
All procedures employed provided satisfactory ulcer control. The vagotomy-with-gastric-resection group, although small, showed no ulcer recurrence and good general results. This outcome justifies the consideration of antrectomy and vagotomy as the operation of choice, with other procedures as alternatives. The combined procedure represents a more technically involved operation and possibly is indicated only in cases where the symptoms, complications and very marked acid secretion suggest a strong possibility of ulcer recurrence. Concern that a patient's ulcer diathesis may return as time elapses after vagotomy has not been borne out by our experience.
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