Partial gastrectomy for simple ulcer. A review of the end-results of 132 cases, with a criticism of the polva operation

Early Post‐Cibal Symptoms after Surgery for Duodenal Ulcer

“…There were, however, troublesome early postprandial symptoms of dumping, bilious vomiting and epigastric fullness i n some cases. In others, there were later problems of nutrition (Brookes and Moore, 1964), anzemia (Watson, 1947;Deller et alii, 1962;Williams, 1964) and calcium deficiency (Williams, 1964). These problems led to a search for alternative procedures, and in the last decade or so vagotomy, with drainage procedures or minimal resection, has become established as an alternative in the surgery of ulcer disease.…”

Changes in Jejunal Function after Partial Gastrectomy

“…T h e re su ltin g d y sfu n c tio n a l situ a tio n m ust be ta k e n for g ra n te d in all th e cases o f g a s tre c to m y : how ever, th e in v e stig a tio n o f th e n u m ero u s clinical cases [ 10,11,13,14,24,27,28,33], w hich ofTer re m a rk a b le differences, h a rd ly p e rm its to assess th e significance and percentage-w ise freq u en cy o f p o st-su rgical phenom ena. T he difficulty o f in te rp re ta tio n is also en h an ced b y th e absence o f a unified classifi catio n sy stem , p a rtic u la rly w ith reference to sy n d ro m es occurring a fte r m eals (sy n d ro m e o f th e afferen t loop, early a n d la te d u m p in g , sy n d ro m es o f in to leran ce).…”