PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
TI  - Managing the complications of vagotomy and drainage
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.7.25.97
DP  - 1969 Dec 05
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 97--99
VI  - 7
IP  - 25
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/7/25/97.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/7/25/97.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1969 Dec 05; 7
AB  - Vagotomy, accompanied by either gastroenterostomy or pyloroplasty, has become the most commonly used operation for duodenal ulcer. A few specialised units prefer selective vagotomy which preserves the extragastric vagal fibres running to gall bladder, pancreas and small bowel.1 2 Some surgeons also use vagotomy to treat gastric ulcer.1–3 These procedures are at least as successful as partial gastrectomy,4 but the metabolic effects may be less severe. The main postoperative problems are recurrent ulcer and a specific form of diarrhoea.