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A1 KIRSNER JB, HUMPHREYS EM, DRAGSTEDT LR, PALMER W
T1 GAstroscopic and histologic appearance of the gastric mucosa before and after vagotomy for peptic ulcer
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1949
FD August 1
VO 84
IS 2
SP 199
OP 216
DO 10.1001/archinte.1949.00230020002001
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1949.00230020002001
AB THE PURPOSE of this paper is to describe the appearance of the gastric mucosa before and after vagotomy. A total of 125 gastroscopies were performed on 27 patients, 26 of whom had peptic ulcer and 1 of whom had a functional gastrointestinal disturbance; 18 were examined before and after operation and 9 after vagotomy only. The criteria for the diagnosis of gastritis were essentially those formulated by Schindler.1 The stomach also was examined histologically in 11 patients, in 3 at the time of resection of a gastric ulcer, developing approximately five months to four years after vagotomy, and in 8 at autopsy, performed from one week to two years and three months after operation.Wolff2 examined gastroscopically 8 patients with duodenal ulcer and 3 with gastric ulcer, one week to eleven months after vagotomy, and observed a dull and reddened mucosa in 7 and a normal mucosa in