Vagus Nerve Section for Relief of Intractible Abdominal Pain in a Case of Gastric Carcinoma

Gastric Ulcer After Vagotomy

“…The complication is therefore rare, but is important because of the malignant potentiality of gastric ulcers and because such ulcers are sometimes remarkably painless after vagotomy (Kugel and Janzen, 1949). For this reason it is felt that the following two case reports will be of interest, as they provide further evidence of the inefficacy of vagal section in interrupting the normal course of simple gastric ulceration.…”