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Results in a series of 107 cases indicated that antrectomy (hemigastrectomy) combined with subtotal vagotomy of both vagus nerves for duodenal ulcer is followed by better overall results than the more radical subtotal gastrectomy or vagotomy plus drainage procedures.Antrectomy combined with total vagotomy is followed by a slightly smaller incidence of marginal ulcer but is accompanied by more motility disturbances.
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The question of the best surgical treatment of duodenal ulcer remains unanswered. In a series of 132 patients, results following gastric resection and hemigastrectomy with subtotal vagotomy were better than those following vagotomy procedures alone.