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Video endoscopic truncal vagotomies without gastric drainage.

Abstract
The authors report 32 patients with chronic duodenal ulcer treated by bilateral truncal vagotomy (BTV) performed via laparoscopy or thoracoscopy. All cases were resistant to medical treatment and chosen with selective indication regarding endoscopic/radiologic and laboratory examination for absence of pyloric obstruction and presence of hyperacidity. Only one patient had partial pyloric stenosis preoperatively due to chronic duodenal ulcer. No drainage procedure was used after BTV, and an endoscopic pyloric balloon dilatation (PBD) was performed at the same time as vagotomy for 20 cases; 12 patients were followed without dilatation as a prospective trial. Semiliquid diet and promotility medication were started 24 h after surgery. All patients tolerated pure truncal vagotomy without any problem, except for two patients: one in whom open drainage procedure was required and one in whom PBD was performed. Basal acid output and peak acid output were measured the day before and 1 week after the operation. A mean decrease of hyperacidity was found: 70.6% for basal and 79.5% for peak acid output. Four patients suffered from moderate symptoms of diarrhea occurring intermittently and responded to medical treatment or recovered spontaneously. Median hospital stay was 4.8 days (range 3-10 days). Endoscopic control performed for 28 patients 2 and 6 months after the operation showed healing of the ulcer. But the patient who had partial pyloric stenosis and was operated on with BTV and PBD required an open drainage procedure (Jaboulay gastrojejunostomy) in spite of repeated PBD. There was no other gastropyloric outlet obstruction in this preliminary study with mean follow-up of 22 months (range 6-42 months).
AuthorsL Avtan, V Ozmen, C Avci, M Müslümanoğlu, Y Büyükuncu
JournalSurgical laparoscopy & endoscopy (Surg Laparosc Endosc) Vol. 7 Issue 6 Pg. 439-44 (Dec 1997) ISSN: 1051-7200 [Print] United States
PMID9438622 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Catheterization
  • Chronic Disease
  • Drainage
  • Duodenal Ulcer (surgery)
  • Endoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Punctures
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vagotomy, Truncal (methods)
  • Video Recording

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