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. 1971 Apr;47(546):233–237. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.47.546.233

Osteomalacia following vagotomy and pyloroplasty

A B S Mitchell, D Glass, A Morton Gill
PMCID: PMC2467083  PMID: 5576492

Abstract

Osteomalacia, due to defective absorption of adequate dietary vitamin D, has been found in a 79-year-old woman, 5 years after an anterior selective vagotomy and pyloroplasty.

The evolution of the recognition of postgastrectomy osteomalacia is reviewed, and reasons are advanced why similar problems are to be expected following vagotomy and pyloroplasty.

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