[Prevention of errors and complications of organ-sparing operations in the treatment of duodenal ulcer]

Abstract

Based on an analysis of complications of organ-preserving operations on 300 patients with duodenal ulcers the authors make a conclusion that the character and severity of complications after organ-preserving operations are of much more benign nature than those after gastric resections. To reduce the incidence of complications the authors propose to use a wider access at the expense of dissection of the xiphoid process, to reject of Nissen fundoplication in favour of simple restoration of the damaged ligamentous apparatus of the stomach.