VAGOTOMY
- 19 February 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 139 (8) , 508-513
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900250012004
Abstract
Complete vagotomy was introduced as a main surgical treatment for peptic ulcer by Dragstedt and Owens1in 1943. It has been tried since by our group,2by Moore and his associates,3Machella and his co-workers,4Walters,5Harkins and Hooker,6Paulson and Gladsden,7Sanders,8Crile,9Schoen and Griswold,10Schauffer,11Beattie12and others. Most authors describe favorable results and are continuing use of the operation. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the usefulness of vagotomy is limited by occurrence of side effects or complications rather than by frequent failure of healing of the ulcers. All authors have confirmed original observations of Dragstedt that usually after vagotomy acidity of gastric secretions is reduced, motility of the stomach is altered and ulcers heal. Duration of these effects must be learned. Study groups13that began to use the operation four to sixKeywords
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