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Vagotomy and pyloroplasty in infancy and childhood

1968; Elsevier BV; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0022-3468(68)90006-7

1531-5037

Paul W. Johnston, William H. Snyder,

Child and Adolescent Health

In the past decade vagotomy and pyloroplasty,1 and vagotomy and antrectomy2 have gained increasing acceptance among surgeons as the procedures of choice for the surgical treatment of duodenal ulcer. Even for the serious complications of bleeding and perforation these procedures have been used. Since a few pediatric patients have peptic ulcer disease that requires surgical treatment,3,4 the place of these operations in pediatric surgery should be considered. Shuster and Gross5 in 1963 favored these operations over a standard gastric resection, preferring vagotomy and pyloroplasty for the critically ill patient, and vagotomy and antrectomy for the elective case. Barber, Lynn et al.6 in 1964 stated a preference for vagotomy and antrectomy. This report will give the experience with vagotomy and pyloroplasty in infancy and childhood from cases at the Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles and the Childrens Division of Los Angeles County General Hospital.