Videothoracoscopic vagotomy in surgical treatment of patients with peptic ulcer of the gastroenteroanastomosis after resection of the stomach
Lubianskiĭ, V.G.; Shevchenko, V.N.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 166(6): 54-55
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 18411743 Document Number: 607727
Treatment of 130 patients with peptic ulcer of the gastroenteroanastomosis after resection of the stomach included operation by the method of videothoracoscopic truncal vagotomy (22 patients), left-side videothoracoscopic truncal vagotomy (19 patients), and operation from the right-side access (3 patients). Cicatrization of the ulcer in the postoperative period was obtained in 16 patients. Recurrent peptic ulcer was revealed in 2 patients. There were no lethal outcomes.