161 patients were operated on for duodenal ulcer between 1980 and l·Vagotomy and Jaboulay’s gastroduodenostomy (GD) were performed in 81 while vagotomy was combined with gastrojejunostomy (GJ) in 80. Mean age was 46 years for the GD group and 42.1 years for the GJ group. 17 patients were lost to follow-up, making 144 patients available for a retrospective analysis. There was no mortality in this series. 3 patients developed recurrent ulcer. 1 patient from the GJ group suffered from diarrhoea (4-5 motions/day). The two groups, when compared for the incidence of recurrence, dumping, diarrhoea and also by Visick grading, failed to show a statistically significant difference.