Subtotal Gastric Resection for Benign Peptic Ulcer
- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in A.M.A. Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 76 (1) , 74-80
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1958.01280190076014
Abstract
Benign peptic ulcer is a disease which afflicts over one-half million people and causes about 10,000 deaths each year in the United States.1,2It is frequently refractory to medical management and often is incompletely alleviated by surgical therapy. The lack of satisfaction in operative measures is partly reflected in the variety of procedures employed. Since its introduction by Péan,3Rydygier,4and Billroth5(1879-1881), distal partial gastrectomy has been developed into the operation most commonly used today.6-10Various types of pyloroplasty and gastrojejunostomy were employed inKeywords
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