[Comparative follow-up study in vagotomized and conservatively treated duodenal ulcer patients].

Abstract

We observed 87 patients with duodenal ulcer disease about one year. 46 patients (first group) after proximal gastric vagotomy were observed. A second group (41 patients) were treated with antacids only. We compared our patients for their complaints, consumption of antacids, relapse rate and clinical, social and genetic aspects. The clearly better results of the surgically treated patients allow the conclusion for a better quality of life in patients after proximal gastric vagotomy.