Surgical survey of peptic ulcer in South India

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Abstract
Between 1944 and 1960, 1138 consecutive patients operated on in the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, for peptic ulcer were documented. Deaths within 1 month of operation gave an overall mortality of 3.3 per cent. Six hundred and seventy-eight patients with duodenal or gastric ulcer were operated on by one of three standard procedures, and were followed up for 5 to 15 years after operation. Relief of symptoms was obtained in 80 per cent of patients. Vagotomy and gastrojejunostomy was found to be the best standard operation.