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LOUIS T. PALUMBO, M.D.; FRED M. MARQUIS, M.D.; A. N. SMITH, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1951;62(2):171-182.

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AT THE TIME of the inception of this study an adequate partial gastrectomy was the standard procedure used in the treatment of patients with peptic ulcer requiring surgical treatment in this hospital. It was our opinion, in view of the frequent necessity to use supplemental vagotomy and the paucity of long term results for interpretation, that the latter procedure was to be considered at this time as an adjunct in peptic ulcer therapy, and it seemed most plausible to use it as such along with the procedure which in our hands and in the hands of others had heretofore given the best results. It was our purpose to determine whether the addition of vagus neurectomy could improve our results in the surgical treatment of duodenal ulcers sufficiently to make it a practical supplement in future therapy. Operations other than partial gastrectomy allow acid and pepsin secreting glands to remain in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DES MOINES, IOWA

From the Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital.

Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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