[Immediate and late results of selective proximal vagotomy in pyloroduodenal ulcers]. / Neposredstvennye i otdalennye rezul'taty selektivnoi proksimal'noi vagotomii pri piloroduodenal'nykh iazvakh.

ABSTRACT

Selective proximal vagotomy (SPV) was performed in 435 patients whose age ranged from 16 to 80. The isolated variant of SPV was applied in 130 and SPV with a stomach draining operation was conducted in 305 patients; 320 patients were examined after the operation in follow-up periods of 7 years and more. Postoperative lethality was 0.6%. A recurrent ulcer was revealed in 4.3% of patients. The causes of the recurrence are indicated. The results were found to be excellent and good in 76%, satisfactory in 16.9%, and poor in 7.1% of the examined patients.