Lactose malabsorption before and after truncal and selective vagotomy
Balslev, I.; Kramhöft, J.; Backer, O.G.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. Supplement 9: 71-74
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0085-5928 PMID: 5284149 Document Number: 37789
5 out of 35 patients exhibited lactose malabsorption following vagotomy in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. 3 of these patients had already exhibited lactose malabsorption symptoms before the operation and in only 1 of the patients could the lactose malabsorption be regarded as a consequence of the operation. No relationship could be demonstrated between lactose malabsorption and vagotomy diarrhoea.