[Functional state of the stomach after gastrectomy and vagotomy and the ways of improving the results of surgical treatment of peptic ulcer].
A complex examination of 286 patients was performed after gastric resection by the method of Hofmeister-Finsterer, 64 patients after truncal vagotomy with antrum-resection, 14--after selective proximal vagotomy with draining operations and 26--without draining operation. Time for the recovery of motor-evacuatory function of the stomach after organ-preserving operations was considerably shorter than after resection of the stomach. In order to shorten the period of adaptation of the digestion organs after operative treatment of ulcer disease a complex of rehabilitating measures is proposed including percutaneous electrostimulation, diet, balneological and medicamentous therapy. It allowed the terms of temporary invalidity to become average 2 weeks shorter and to improve results of surgical treatment of ulcer disease.
Background ::: A number of studies deal with factors affecting postoperative recurrence; however, they do not analyze the influence of postoperative morbidity on the long-term outcome. This was the aim of the present study.